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閂 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
サン・センさん・せん · san · sen
Kun
かんぬきkannuki
Meaning
the bar of a gate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A bar 一 drawn inside the gate 門: the crossbar dropped in to shut the doors.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 閂かんぬき

    a gate bar

  • 閂を差すかんぬきをさす

    to bar the gate

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

門(もん)に閂(かんぬき)を差(さ)す。

They bar the gate.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

閂を差す閂差differ…閊to be…閔to gri…閘a wate…閧a war…閨a bedc…仟thousa…刋to cut汕nettin…阡a thou…芟to mow…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 門Map of reading サンAll maps

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