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閂

閂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かんぬき。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。かんぬきを象る。「かんぬき」を意味する漢語｛閂｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

gate bar

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サン
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • かんぬき
Other languages
  • 拼音shuan1
  • 한글san
  • Hán-ViệtSoan

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
門(もん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9582

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵門一

Words using this kanji

  • 閂かんぬき（かんぬき）門戸や扉を閉ざすための横木。bar, bolt (e.g. on door), latch, double-arm lock
  • 閂止めかんぬきどめreinforcing "bolt" stitch across the bottom of a seam

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-8-1
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7710.7
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8e1.1
Nelson
4941