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而

and yet
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingジ、ニ
Kun readingしこ.うして、しか.して、しか.も、しか.れども、すなわち、なんじ、しかるに
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. and yet
  2. and thenRtK
  3. but
  4. however
  5. nevertheless

Radicals and components

Radical而and
Components
How it's built
而
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Compound words

而後じご
thereafter
而来じらい
since then
而立じりつ
age 30
形而下けいじか
physical
形而上けいじじょう
metaphysical
似而非えせ
false
而してそして
and
而るにしかるに
however
形而上学けいじじょうがく
metaphysics
似而非なるにてひなる
similar but different

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 而

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