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窒 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

道
3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
チツちつ · chitsu
Kun
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Meaning
obstruct; nitrogen

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

穴 "hole" with 至: a hole stopped up — to obstruct; also used for nitrogen.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチツちつchitsu窒息ちっそく窒素ちっそ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 窒素ちっそ

    nitrogen

  • 窒息ちっそく

    suffocation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

空気(くうき)の多(おお)くは窒素(ちっそ)だ。

Most of the air is nitrogen.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading チツAll maps

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

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