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Kanji Detail for 丿 - "sweep"

丿

  • Meaning

    丿 means "sweep."

    1. Sweep - A stroke going from right to left (in calligraphy).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    katakana no radical (no. 4)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    line; Kangxi radical 4

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4), aka 撇[pie3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    slash

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A rightward deviation. Calligraphers' eight methods call it 掠 (sweep). Now commonly called 撇 (left-falling stroke).
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