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筥

Round Basket

On’yomiきょ
13 strokes Radical 竹 bamboo
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 筥

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

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13 strokes
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分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 筥

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部首 · Radical

The radical of 筥

竹 Radical 118 of 214
Bamboo

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 筥 is filed under 竹 (bamboo) — radical number 118 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 竹

練習 · Practice

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名乗り · Name readings

How 筥 is read in names

Japanese names use readings that appear nowhere else in the language. These are 筥's — the reason personal and place names are so hard to read even for native speakers.

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質問 · Questions

About the kanji 筥

What does the kanji 筥 mean?

筥 means Round Basket.

How do you read the kanji 筥?

筥 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) きょ.

How many strokes does 筥 have?

筥 is written with 13 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 筥?

The radical of 筥 is 竹 (bamboo), radical number 118 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 筥 made of?

筥 is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 呂 (spine). Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

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