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昴 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
コウ・ボウこう・ぼう · kō · bō
Kun
すばるsubaru
Meaning
the Pleiades

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sun 日 with 卯 as phonetic: the Pleiades, one of the lunar mansions.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 昴すばる

    the Pleiades

  • 六連星むつらぼし

    the six-star cluster

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

冬(ふゆ)の空(そら)に昴(すばる)がよく見(み)える。

The Pleiades show clearly in the winter sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

六連星六連星六連星昴六six星star連connec…旰sunset旱drough…旻the au…昊the va…昃the su…亢high扛to lif…伉to mat…扣to kno…芒an awn
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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