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裾 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「衤」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「衤」
On
キョ・コきょ・こ · kyo · ko
Kun
すそsuso
Meaning
hem; foot of a mountain

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Clothing plus resting low: the lowest edge of a garment — the hem; also the foot of a mountain.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunすそsuso裾すそ裾野すその

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 裾野すその

    foothills; base

  • 裾上げすそあげ

    taking up a hem

More words with this kanji

  • 裳裾もすそ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ズボンの裾(すそ)を少(すこ)し短(みじか)くした。

I took the trouser hems up a little.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

裾上げ裾野裾上up野field袖sleeve衫a thin…袂a slee…衵an inn…衿collar虎tiger股thigh錮confin…己onesel…戸door
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 衤Map of reading キョAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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