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牆 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「爿」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「爿」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
かきkaki
Meaning
a wall; a fence

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

爿 with 嗇 as phonetic: the earthen wall that encircles a house.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 牆壁しょうへき

    a wall

  • 牆に耳ありかきにみみあり

    walls have ears

More words with this kanji

  • 兄弟鬩牆けいていげきしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

牆に耳(みみ)ありというから慎(つつし)む。

Walls have ears, so they hold their tongue.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

牆壁牆に耳あり牆壁wall耳ear牀a bed妝to ado…呏gallon劭to str…炒to sti…杪a tree…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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