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諺 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「言」

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On
ゲンげん · gen
Kun
ことわざkotowaza
Meaning
proverb

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Words 言 with 彦 as phonetic: the sayings handed down among people.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 諺ことわざ

    proverb

  • 古諺こげん

    old saying

More words with this kanji

  • 俚諺りげん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

諺(ことわざ)から学(まな)ぶことは今(いま)も多(おお)い。

There is still much to learn from proverbs.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

古諺諺古old訊to que…訣partin…註annota…詑to apo…詫apolog…彦fine…這to cra…絃string硯inksto…元origin
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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