漢字道KANJIDO

18 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)18 strokesRadical
On
Kun
かゆ
Meaning
rice gruel; to scrape a living

Origin

ORIGIN

Food 食 with 胡 as phonetic: thin rice gruel; by extension, to just scrape by.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 餬口ここう

    scraping a living

  • かゆ

    gruel

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

筆一本で餬口をしのぐ。

They scrape a living by the pen alone.

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