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JLPT N1 SL4 8 strokes Frequency: #1055

Meanings

Code, Ceremony, Law, Rule

Radicals

八

Decomposition

⿱曲八

Etymology

Ideographic: Two hands 八 holding a book 冊

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 corner right-to-left

3 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

4 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

8 dot top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

テン ten

デン den

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

159 words total

Other (20 words)

privilege

sutras

Buddhist scriptures

code of law

thesaurus

Japanese-English dictionary

dictionary

encyclopedia

compositional rules

precious book

classical theatre

dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds

国語辞典こくごじてん

Japanese-language dictionary

the classical period

classical music

classicist

classicist

Imperial House Act

grammar

favour

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