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蠍 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
カツかつ · katsu
Kun
さそりsasori
Meaning
a scorpion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 曷 as phonetic: the scorpion with its sting; the same as 蝎.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蠍座さそりざ

    the constellation Scorpio

  • 蠍さそり

    a scorpion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夏(なつ)の南(みなみ)に蠍座(さそりざ)が見(み)える。

Scorpio is seen in the southern summer sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蠍座蠍座seat蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…刮to scr…劼to wor…矻to toi…拮to be…曷why
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Compound

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