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揮 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
キき · ki
Kun
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Meaning
to wield; direct; display (ability)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 軍 "army"; directing troops with a wave of the hand — hence "to wield, to conduct."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki揮発油きはつゆ指揮しき発揮はっき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 指揮しき

    conducting; command

  • 発揮はっき

    displaying (ability)

More words with this kanji

  • 揮毫きごう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

先生(せんせい)が合唱(がっしょう)を指揮(しき)した。

The teacher conducted the chorus.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

指揮発揮揮指finger発depart批to cri…担to sho…拝to wor…拡to exp…推to inf…己onesel…危danger…机desk貴precio…几small…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading キAll maps

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