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貿 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
ボウぼう · bō
Kun
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Meaning
trade; commerce

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

卯 "split to both sides" plus 貝 "money"; goods and money changing hands — hence "trade."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボウぼうbō貿易ぼうえき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貿易ぼうえき

    foreign trade

  • 貿易港ぼうえきこう

    trading port

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日本(にっぽん)は多(おお)くの国(くに)と貿易(ぼうえき)している。

Japan trades with many countries.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

貿易貿易港貿易easy港harbor財wealth貧poor責to bla…費expens…貸to len…防to pre…暴violen…亡to die乏scarce戊fifth…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading ボウAll maps

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

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