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龕 — 22 strokes ／ Radical「龍」

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On
カン・ガンかん・がん · kan · gan
Kun
れいrei
Meaning
a niche for an image

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Dragon 龍 with 合, to join, as phonetic: the hollow that holds a Buddhist image.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 龕がん

    a niche

  • 厨子ずし

    a miniature shrine

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

龕(がん)に仏像(ぶつぞう)を安置(あんち)する。

They set the image in the niche.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

厨子厨子龕厨kitche…子child龐huge刋to cut丱child'…奸wicked扞to war…坎a pit
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 龍Map of reading カンAll maps

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