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JLPT N3 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #176

Meanings

Unravel, Notes, Key, Explanation, Understanding, Untie, Undo, Solve, Answer, Cancel, Absolve, Explain, Minute

Radicals

Decomposition

⿰角⿱刀牛

Etymology

Ideographic: To cut 刀 the horns 角 off of an ox 牛; 角 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 corner right-to-left
3 diagonal top-to-bottom
4 hook bottom-to-top
5 vertical right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 hook right-to-left
9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ge
カイ kai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ほど hodo
to
わか waka
さと sato