漢字道KANJIDO

11 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)11 strokesRadical
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Kun
うす.い
Meaning
thin; meagre

Origin

ORIGIN

Grass 艹 with 非 as phonetic: sparse growth, hence meagre and poor.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 菲才ひさい

    meagre talent (a humble word)

  • 菲食ひしょく

    plain fare

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

浅学菲才の身ながら努める。

Of little learning and less talent, they still make the effort.

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