笈

backpack bookcase

Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

backpack bookcase
backpackRtK

box carried on one's back to store books
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo

Components

How it's built

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Compound words

笈摺おいずり

thin, sleeveless overgarment worn by pilgrims

笈多グプタ

Gupta (dynasty of India; approx. 320-600 CE)

書笈しょきゅう

wooden box for carrying books on one's back

笈を負うきゅうをおう

to leave one's hometown to study

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 笈

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step