袂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

sleeve, foot (of hill), edge

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ベイ
  • ケツ
Kun (native)
  • たまと
  • たもと
Other languages
  • 拼音mei4
  • 한글mye
  • Hán-ViệtMệ
  • Hán-ViệtDuệ

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8882

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰衤夬

Words using this kanji

  • たもと(たもと)和服の袖の下部の袋状に垂れ下がった部分。 (たもと)(山などの)麓。 (たもと)(橋などの)両端、際。sleeve (esp. of a kimono), pocket of sleeve, vicinity (esp. of a bridge), approach
  • 袂糞たもとくそdust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)
  • 袂の露たもとのつゆtears on the sleeves (of one's kimono)
  • 袂を絞るたもとをしぼるto shed many tears, to weep
  • 袂を分かつたもとをわかつto part (from), to part company (with), to split (with), to break off relations (with)
  • 袂を連ねるたもとをつらねるto do in unison, to do en masse

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-4
Four Corner
3523.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5e4.2
Nelson
4216