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鼇 — 24 strokes ／ Radical「黽」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 24 strokes ／ Radical「黽」
On
ゴウごう · gō
Kun
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Meaning
a giant sea turtle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Frog 黽 with 敖 as phonetic: the great sea turtle of legend.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鼇頭ごうとう

    a headnote in a book

  • 鼇おおがめ

    a giant turtle

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鼇が島(しま)を背負(せお)うという。

They say the great turtle carries the island on its back.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鼇頭鼇頭head黽a frog鼈a soft…哈breath…毫a fine…敖to roa…慠arroga…嗷clamor…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 黽Map of reading ゴウAll maps

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