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鏝 — 19 strokes / Radical「金」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 19 strokes / Radical「金」
On
マンまん · man
Kun
こてkote
Meaning
a trowel

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Metal 金 with 曼 as phonetic: the flat metal tool that smooths plaster.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鏝こて

    a trowel

  • 左官さかん

    a plasterer

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

左官(さかん)が鏝(こて)で壁(かべ)をならす。

The plasterer smooths the wall with a trowel.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

左官左官鏝官govern…左left釵an orn…鈑sheet…鈞a unit…鈕a knob鈔an exc…卍manji…曼long幔a hang…瞞to dec…縵plain…
CompoundRadicalReading

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