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鞭 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「革」

道
準1University / general ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「革」
On
ベン・ヘンべん・へん · ben · hen
Kun
むち・むちうつmuchi · muchiutsu
Meaning
whip

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Leather 革 with 便 as phonetic: the whip made of hide.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鞭むち

    whip

  • 教鞭きょうべん

    teaching (to take the pointer)

More words with this kanji

  • 鞭打つむちうつ
  • 鞭撻べんたつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母校(ぼこう)で長(なが)く教鞭(きょうべん)を執(と)ってきた。

They taught for many years at their old school.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 革Map of reading ベンAll maps

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