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燧

Signal Fire

On’yomiすい
Kun’yomiひうち・ひきり・のろし
17 strokes Radical 火 fire
書き順 · Stroke order

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分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 燧

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部首 · Radical

The radical of 燧

火 Radical 86 of 214
Fire

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 燧 is filed under 火 (fire) — radical number 86 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

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Signal Fire すい ひうち・ひきり・のろし
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質問 · Questions

About the kanji 燧

What does the kanji 燧 mean?

燧 means Signal Fire.

How do you read the kanji 燧?

燧 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) すい; kun'yomi (native Japanese) ひうち、ひきり、のろし.

How many strokes does 燧 have?

燧 is written with 17 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 燧?

The radical of 燧 is 火 (fire), radical number 86 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 燧 made of?

燧 is built from 火 (fire) and 遂 (consummate). 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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