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隍 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
ほりhori
Meaning
a dry moat

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mound 阜 with 皇 as phonetic: the waterless ditch around a walled town.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 城隍じょうこう

    city walls and moat

  • 堀ほり

    a moat

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

城隍(じょうこう)が町(まち)を囲(かこ)む。

Walls and moat ring the town.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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