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挫 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ザ・サざ・さ · za · sa
Kun
くじ.く・くじ.けるkuji.ku · kuji.keru
Meaning
crush; be frustrated

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus forcing down to sit: to press something down and break it — to crush, to frustrate.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onザざza挫折ざせつ頓挫とんざ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 挫折ざせつ

    setback; frustration

  • 頓挫とんざ

    coming to a standstill

More words with this kanji

  • 捻挫ねんざ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

計画(けいかく)が途中(とちゅう)で頓挫(とんざ)してしまった。

The plan came to a standstill halfway through.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

挫折頓挫挫折to fol…頓sudden…拉pull…拭wipe拶press…捗make…捉catch沙sand叉fork乍while左left扨well…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ザAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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