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巴 — Comma-design

JLPT N14 strokesSecondary school#2082 most used
comma-design
On’yomi (ha)
Kun’yomiともえ (tomoe)
Kun’yomiうずまき (uzumaki)

Stroke order (4 strokes)

1 2 3 4

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 巴

WordReadingMeaning
ともえ
tomoe
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

Study notes

巴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 4 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2082 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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