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蜷 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
になnina
Meaning
river snail

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 卷 "to coil" as phonetic: the snail whose shell winds in a spiral.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜷にな

    river snail

  • 蜷局とぐろ

    a coil (of a snake)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

石(いし)の陰(かげ)で蛇(へび)が蜷(にな)局(きょく)を巻(ま)いていた。

A snake lay coiled in the shadow of the rock.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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