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釦 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「金」

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On
コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
Kun
ぼたんbotan
Meaning
button

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Metal 金 with mouth 口; in Japan it writes the button that fastens clothing.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 釦ボタン

    button

  • 袖釦そでボタン

    cufflink

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

上着(うわぎ)の釦(ぼたん)を一(ひと)つずつ留(と)めた。

I fastened the jacket buttons one by one.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

袖釦釦袖sleeve釘nail釧bracel…鉤hook鈷vajra鉦gong叩strike弘vast亙extend…亘extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 金Map of reading コウAll maps

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