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貪 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
On
タン・ドン・トンたん・どん・とん · tan · don · ton
Kun
むさぼ.るmusabo.ru
Meaning
covet; be greedy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Now plus a cowrie shell: grasping at wealth — greed.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onドンどんdon貪欲どんよく
Kunむさぼるmusaboru貪るむさぼる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 貪欲どんよく

    greed; avarice

  • 貪るむさぼる

    to devour; to covet

More words with this kanji

  • 貪婪どんらん
  • 慳貪けんどん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

若(わか)い頃(ころ)は知識(ちしき)を貪(むさぼ)るように学(まな)んだ。

When young, I studied as if devouring knowledge.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 貝Map of reading タンAll maps

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

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