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蜃 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
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Meaning
a giant clam; a mirage

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 辰 as phonetic: a great clam; in 蜃気楼, the phantom tower it was said to breathe out.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜃気楼しんきろう

    a mirage

  • 蜃おおはまぐり

    a giant clam

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

水平(すいへい)線(せん)に蜃気(しんき)楼(ろう)が浮(う)かぶ。

A mirage floats on the horizon.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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