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奚

奚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 疑って問い掛ける言葉。
  2. しもべ。召使い。
  3. 隋・唐代に熱河の地にいた種族の名。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「爪」＋「𡗞」。「𡗞」は髪を編んだ奴隷・罪人の形。「奚」は手でそれを抑える形。「奚奴・罪奴」を意味する漢語｛奚｝を表す字。仮借して疑問詞｛奚｝に用いられる。。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

servant, what, why

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイ
Kun (native)
  • なんぞ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 한글hae
  • Hán-ViệtHề

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
大(だい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+595A

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱爫𡗞

Words using this kanji

  • 奚琴けいきん奚族により中国にもたらされた擦弦楽器。xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-6
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2043.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n7.3