荼 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- タ・ズ・ト・ダ
- Kun
- にがな
- Meaning
- a bitter herb; used for cremation
Origin
Grass 艹 with 余 as phonetic: a bitter herb; in 荼毘, cremation.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 荼毘だび
cremation
- 荼にがな
a bitter herb
Example
荼毘に付して弔う。
They cremate the body and mourn.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)