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馘 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「首」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「首」
On
カク・キョクかく・きょく · kaku · kyoku
Kun
くびき.る・みみき.るkubiki.ru · mimiki.ru
Meaning
to behead; to dismiss

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Head 首 with 或 as phonetic: to cut off an enemy’s head; by extension, to dismiss from a post.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 馘首かくしゅ

    dismissal

  • 馘るくびきる

    to dismiss

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

不況(ふきょう)で馘首(かくしゅ)が相(あい)次(つ)ぐ。

Dismissals follow one after another in the slump.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

馘首馘首neck馗a cros…亟freque…恪revere…狢a badg…洫a ditc…挌to str…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 首Map of reading カクAll maps

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