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沾 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
セン・チョウ・テンせん・ちょう・てん · sen · chō · ten
Kun
うるお.う・うるお.すuruo.u · uruo.su
Meaning
to moisten

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 占 as phonetic: for water to seep in and moisten.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沾潤せんじゅん

    moistening; benefiting

  • 沾ううるおう

    to be moistened

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雨(あめ)が土(つち)を沾(うるお)して草(くさ)が伸(の)びる。

The rain moistens the soil and the grass grows.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading センAll maps

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