馗 — 11 strokes / Radical「首」
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- On
- キき · ki
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- a crossroads; a wide road
Stroke order
Origin
Head 首 with 九, nine: a great road branching nine ways; also used in the name 鍾馗.
Compounds
- 鍾馗しょうき
the demon queller
- 馗みち
a road
Example
端午に鍾馗を飾る。
They display the demon queller at the Boys’ Festival.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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