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魃 — 15 strokes / Radical「鬼」

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On
ハツ・バツはつ・ばつ · hatsu · batsu
Kun
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Meaning
the demon of drought

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Demon 鬼 with 犮 as phonetic: the spirit said to bring drought.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 旱魃かんばつ

    a drought

  • 日照りひでり

    a dry spell

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

旱魃(かんばつ)で作物(さくもつ)が枯(か)れる。

The crops wither in the drought.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

日照り旱魃日照り魃日sun旱drough…照shine魄the so…魏Wei魍a moun…魎a spir…魑a moun…叭trump…茉used…袙an inn…秣fodder跋an aft…
CompoundRadicalReading

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