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領 — 14 strokes / Radical「頁」

道
6Elementary year 5 / 14 strokes / Radical「頁」
On
リョウりょう · ryō
Kun
—
Meaning
territory; to receive; leader

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

頁 "head" plus 令 "command"; holding the neck — the vital part — gives "to rule, territory, receive."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリョウりょうryō領土りょうど要領ようりょう大統領だいとうりょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 領土りょうど

    territory

  • 大統領だいとうりょう

    president (of a nation)

More words with this kanji

  • 領袖りょうしゅう
  • 惣領そうりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大統領(だいとうりょう)がテレビで話(はな)した。

The president spoke on television.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

領土大統領大統領領土earth大big統to uni…額forehe…頁page頃time頂summit順order了comple…両both良good伶court…怜wise
CompoundRadicalReading

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