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蛉 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
レイれい · rei
Kun
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Meaning
used in the word for dragonfly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 令 as phonetic: written 蜻蛉, the dragonfly.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜻蛉とんぼ

    a dragonfly

  • 蜻蛉返りとんぼがえり

    a quick there-and-back trip

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蜻蛉(かげろう)が水面(すいめん)をかすめる。

A dragonfly skims the water.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蜻蛉蜻蛉返り蛉蜻used…返return蚌a fres…蚪used…蚩to moc…蚓an ear…蚣used…囹prison冽cold…泪tears茘used…洌clear…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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

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