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鉛 — 13 strokes / Radical「金」

道
4Junior high level / 13 strokes / Radical「金」
On
エンえん · en
Kun
なまりnamari
Meaning
lead (metal)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

金 "metal" with 㕣: a soft metal — lead.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onエンえんen鉛筆えんぴつ亜鉛あえん黒鉛こくえん
Kunなまりnamari鉛なまり鉛色なまりいろ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鉛筆えんぴつ

    pencil

  • 亜鉛あえん

    zinc

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鉛筆(えんぴつ)で下書(したが)きをした。

I sketched it out in pencil.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

亜鉛鉛筆鉛亜sub-筆writin…鈍dull鋭sharp鎖chain鑑specim…金gold援aid煙smoke縁edge円circle炎flame
CompoundRadicalReading

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