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閂

Readings

Kana: サン、セン、かんぬき

Romaji: san, sen, kannuki

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

gate bar

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 9

Radical Number: 169

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 3-8-1

Korean Reading: san

Chinese Reading: shuan1

Unicode: 9582

JIS: 6F59

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4941

New Nelson Index: 6382

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e1.1

Four Corner Index: 7710.7

Japanese Names Index: 1010

Daikanwanjiten Index: 41211

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0708

Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3872

Words

閂 (かんぬき)

bar; bolt (e.g. on door); latch

閂止め (かんぬきどめ)

reinforcing "bolt" stitch across the bottom of a seam

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