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奄

Readings

Kana: エン、おお.う、たちまち
Romaji: en, oo.u, tachimachi
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Name Reading

Kana: あま
Romaji: ama
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Meanings

cover, suffocate, obstruct

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  37
Frequency:  2047
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-5
Korean Reading:  eom
Chinese Reading:  yan1
Unicode:  5944
JIS:  3162

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1173
New Nelson Index: 1146
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a8.10
Four Corner Index: 4071.6
Japanese Names Index: 668
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5881
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0569
Remembering the kanji Index: 2055
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1903
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2212
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2757

Words

奄奄 (えんえん)
gasping
奄美の黒兎 (あまみのくろうさぎ、アマミノクロウサギ)
Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi); Ryukyu rabbit
気息奄々 (きそくえんえん)
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
奄美鼻先蛙 (あまみはなさきがえる、アマミハナサキガエル)
Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)
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