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孑

孑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. のこり。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。子供の右腕を切り取った様。左腕を切り取った様を象った文字が「孒」。奴隷階級の子供を逃さないように、腕を切り取ったものか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mosquito wriggler

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケツ
Kun (native)
  • ひとり
Other languages
  • 拼音jie2
  • 한글hyeol
  • Hán-ViệtKiết

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
宀(うかんむり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5B51

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻了㇀

Words using this kanji

  • 孑孑ボウフラ小さいさま。 孤立するさま。 一人傑出するさま。mosquito larva, wriggler, maggot
  • 孑然けつぜんisolated, alone, helpless

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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Lookup codes

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1740.7
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