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錆 — 16 strokes / Radical「金」

道
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On
ショウ・セイしょう・せい · shō · sei
Kun
さび・くわ.しいsabi · kuwa.shii
Meaning
rust

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Metal 金 with 青 as phonetic: what forms on the surface of metal — rust.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 錆さび

    rust

  • 赤錆あかさび

    red rust

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雨(あま)ざらしの自転(じてん)車(しゃ)の鎖(くさり)に錆(さび)が浮(う)いた。

Rust came up on the chain of the bicycle left out in the rain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

赤錆錆赤red釘nail釧bracel…釦button鉤hook鉦gong庄manor丞assist昌prospe…妾concub…哨sentry
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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