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衍 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「行」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「行」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
あまり・しく・はびこ.るamari · shiku · habiko.ru
Meaning
to overflow; to expound

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Road 行 with water 水: water spreading as it flows; by extension, superfluous, and to expound.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 敷衍ふえん

    amplifying; expounding

  • 衍字えんじ

    a superfluous character

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

論旨(ろんし)を敷衍(ふえん)して説明(せつめい)する。

They expound the argument at greater length.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

衍字敷衍衍字charac…敷spread衒to sho…衙a gove…衢a cros…行to go術art茆a wate…爰hereup…悁vexed捐to giv…涎saliva
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 行Map of reading エンAll maps

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