歛 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
- On
- レン
- Kun
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- Meaning
- to gather; to tighten
Origin
欠 with 僉 as phonetic: to draw the mouth tight, and to collect together.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 歛めるおさめる
to gather in
- 収斂しゅうれん
contraction; astringency
Example
税を歛めて国庫に納める。
The taxes are gathered and paid to the treasury.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)