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蜑 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
タンたん · tan
Kun
あまama
Meaning
a boat-dwelling people; a diver

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 延 as phonetic: the southern people who lived on the water; in Japan, a diver.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜑あま

    a diver

  • 海女あま

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蜑(あま)が海(うみ)に潜(もぐ)って貝(かい)を採(と)る。

The diver goes down and gathers shellfish.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

海女海女蜑女woman海sea蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…怛grieve…眈to wat…疸jaundi…袒to bar…站to sta…
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Compound

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