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隻 — 10 strokes / Radical「隹」

道
3Junior high level / 10 strokes / Radical「隹」
On
セキせき · seki
Kun
—
Meaning
counter for ships

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

隹 "bird" with 又 "hand": holding a single bird — one; now the counter for ships.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセキせきseki隻手せきしゅ数隻すうせき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 数隻すうせき

    several ships

  • 隻眼せきがん

    one eye; insight

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

港(みなと)に数(すう)隻(せき)の船(ふね)が並(なら)んだ。

Several ships lined up at the port.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

数隻隻眼隻数number眼eye雇employ隼falcon雀sparro…集gather雁wild…斥reject惜regret籍regist…夕evenin…石stone
CompoundRadicalReading

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