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藁 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
準1University / general ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
わらwara
Meaning
straw

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass with 稿 as phonetic: the stalks left when the rice is cut — straw.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 藁わら

    straw

  • 藁人形わらにんぎょう

    straw doll

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

溺(おぼ)れる者(もの)は藁(わら)をもつかむ。

A drowning person will clutch at straws.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

藁人形藁人形藁人person形shape芙lotus芭banana…芥mustar…芹Japane…苅mow叩strike弘vast亙extend…亘extend…宏wide
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading コウAll maps

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