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櫂 — 18 strokes / Radical「木」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 18 strokes / Radical「木」
On
トウ・タクとう・たく · tō · taku
Kun
かい・かじkai · kaji
Meaning
an oar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tree 木 with 翟 as phonetic: the oar that rows a boat.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 櫂かい

    an oar

  • 櫂歌とうか

    a boatman's song

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

櫂(かい)を漕(こ)ぐ音(おと)だけが響(ひび)く。

Only the sound of the oars carries.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

櫂歌櫂歌song朮a medi…朶a bran…朿a thor…朸a carr…杙a stak…叨reckle…抖to sha…帑treasu…拆to spl…苳butter…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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