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莚

Readings

Kana: エン、むしろ

Romaji: en, mushiro

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

straw mat

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 11

Radical Number: 140

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-3-7

Korean Reading: yeon

Chinese Reading: yan4

Unicode: 839a

JIS: 682F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3948

New Nelson Index: 5040

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f6.13

Four Corner Index: 4440.1

Daikanwanjiten Index: 31059X

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0681

Words

筵 (むしろ、えん)

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat

莚席 (えんせき)

matting

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