膵 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「月」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「月」
- On
- スイ
- Kun
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- Meaning
- the pancreas (a character coined in Japan)
Origin
Coined in Japan from 月 and 萃, to gather: assigned to the pancreas by Edo-period students of Dutch medicine.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 膵臓すいぞう
the pancreas
- 膵液すいえき
pancreatic juice
Example
膵臓は消化液を出す。
The pancreas puts out a digestive fluid.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)