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眸 — Pupil of the eye

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary school
pupil of the eye
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomi (mu)
Kun’yomiひとみ (hitomi)

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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

Study notes

眸 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. 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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