穹 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
- On
- キュウ・キョウ
- Kun
- あめ・そら
- Meaning
- the vault of the sky
Origin
Cave 穴 with 弓, a bow, as phonetic: the heavens arched like a drawn bow.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 蒼穹そうきゅう
the blue vault of heaven
- 穹窿きゅうりゅう
a vault; a dome
Example
蒼穹に星がまたたく。
The stars glimmer in the blue vault.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)