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馗 — 11 strokes / Radical「首」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 11 strokes / Radical「首」
On
キき · ki
Kun
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Meaning
a crossroads; a wide road

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Head 首 with 九, nine: a great road branching nine ways; also used in the name 鍾馗.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鍾馗しょうき

    the demon queller

  • 馗みち

    a road

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

端午(たんご)に鍾馗(しょうき)を飾(かざ)る。

They display the demon queller at the Boys’ Festival.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鍾馗馗鍾gather馘to beh…首neck几small…卉plants杞wolfbe…圻the ca…沂a rive…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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