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亘

亘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 求める。
  2. 敷く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。もと「囘」と同形で、渦巻き模様を象る。一説に「あまねし」「ひろがる」を意味する漢語｛宣｝を表す字

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

span, range, extend over

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
  • カン
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • わた(る)
  • もと(める)
Nanori (used in names)
  • のぶ
  • とうる
  • わたる
  • ひさし
Other languages
  • 拼音gen4
  • 한글seon
  • 한글hwan
  • Hán-ViệtTuyên
  • Hán-ViệtHoàn

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
二(に)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E98

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱一旦

Words using this kanji

  • 亘古こうこfor ever, from ancient times

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-1-5
Four Corner
1010.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c2.4
Heisig
32
Nelson
30