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踵 — 16 strokes / Radical「足」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 16 strokes / Radical「足」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
かかと・くび.す・きび.す・つ.ぐkakato · kubi.su · kibi.su · tsu.gu
Meaning
the heel; to follow close

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Foot 足 with 重, heavy, as phonetic: the heel; also to follow close behind.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 踵かかと

    the heel

  • 踵を接するしょうをせっする

    to follow close on

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

事件(じけん)が踵(かかと)を接(せっ)して起(お)こる。

One incident follows close on another.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

踵を接する踵接to tou…趺the fo…趾a toe跂to sta…跏the lo…跚to sta…妝to ado…呏gallon劭to str…炒to sti…杪a tree…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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