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闢 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
ヘキ・ビャクへき・びゃく · heki · byaku
Kun
ひら.くhira.ku
Meaning
to open up (land)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Gate 門 with 辟 as phonetic: to push a gate open; also to open up land.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 開闢かいびゃく

    the beginning of the world

  • 闢くひらく

    to open up

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

天地(てんち)開闢(かいびゃく)の昔(むかし)を語(かた)る。

They tell of the beginning of heaven and earth.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

開闢闢開open閂the ba…閊to be…閔to gri…閘a wate…閧a war…辟to jud…劈to spl…擘to spl…檗the co…甓a pavi…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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