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蛸 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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On
ソウ・ショウそう・しょう · sō · shō
Kun
たこtako
Meaning
octopus

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 肖 as phonetic; in Japan it is used for the octopus.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蛸たこ

    octopus

  • 蛸壺たこつぼ

    octopus trap pot

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

漁師(りょうし)が蛸壺(たこつぼ)を海(うみ)に沈(しず)めていく。

The fisherman lowers octopus pots into the sea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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