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硼

硼 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 13 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （元素）硼素。ボロン。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声文字、「石」+ 音符「朋」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sound of stones struck together, boron

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Other languages
  • 拼音peng2
  • 한글bung
  • 한글pyeong
  • Hán-ViệtBằng

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+787C

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石朋

Words using this kanji

  • 硼砂ほうしゃ硼酸ナトリウムの白色の結晶。ガラスの原料や防腐剤などに使用される。borax
  • 硼酸末ほうさんまつborax powder

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

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