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麝 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 21 strokes ／ Radical「鹿」
On
ジャ・シャじゃ・しゃ · ja · sha
Kun
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Meaning
a musk deer

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Deer 鹿 with 射, to shoot, as phonetic: the deer that gives off a fine scent.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 麝香じゃこう

    musk

  • 香水こうすい

    perfume

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

麝香(じゃこう)の香(かお)りが漂(ただよ)う。

The scent of musk drifts in the air.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

香水麝香麝水water香fragra…麈a grea…麋an elk麌a stag麑a fawn麕a roe…炙to bro…苴a stra…洒to was…娑this …莎nut gr…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鹿Map of reading ジャAll maps

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