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黴 — 23 strokes / Radical「黑」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 23 strokes / Radical「黑」
On
バイ・ビ・マイ・ミばい・び・まい・み · bai · bi · mai · mi
Kun
かび・かび.る・か.びるkabi · kabi.ru · ka.biru
Meaning
mould; mildew

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Black 黒 with abbreviated 微 as phonetic: the black growth that comes with damp.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 黴かび

    mould

  • 黴菌ばいきん

    germs

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

梅雨(つゆ)に黴(かび)が生(は)える。

Mould grows in the rainy season.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

黴菌黴菌germ黔black黜to dem…黝dark…黠crafty黥a tatt…苺a stra…玫a fine…茯used…弭bow ti…眛dim
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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