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蜿 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
エン・ワンえん・わん · en · wan
Kun
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Meaning
winding like a snake

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 宛 as phonetic: coiling and winding as a snake does.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜿蜒えんえん

    winding on and on

  • 蜿蜿えんえん

    meandering

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

道(みち)が山腹(さんぷく)を蜿蜒(えんえん)と巡(めぐ)る。

The road winds on around the mountainside.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蜿蜒蜿蜒windin…蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…茆a wate…衍to ove…爰hereup…莚a stra…冤false…
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Compound

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