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蚣 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
コウ・ショウこう・しょう · kō · shō
Kun
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Meaning
used in the word for centipede

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 公 as phonetic: written 蜈蚣, the centipede.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜈蚣むかで

    a centipede

  • 百足むかで

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蜈蚣(むかで)は足(あし)が多(おお)い虫(むし)だ。

The centipede is an insect of many legs.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

百足蜈蚣百足蚣百hundre…蜈used…足foot蚌a fres…蚪used…蚩to moc…蚓an ear…蚰used…亢high扣to kno…伉to mat…扛to lif…芒an awn
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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