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麓

foot of a mountain
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingロク
Kun readingふもと
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. foot of a mountainRtK
    彼の家は富士山の麓にある。His house is at the foot of Mt. Fuji.tatoeba
    山の麓から山頂までは４時間かかるって。止めようよ。If it's going to take four hours from the foot of the mountain to the top, let's forget it.tatoeba
  1. foot (of a mountain or hill)
  2. bottom
  3. base

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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grove (林) · tree (木) · wood (木) · deer · cave · antlers · compare (比) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2155

Compound words

岳麓がくろく
foot of Mount Fuji
山麓さんろく
foot of a mountain
西麓せいろく
western foot (of a mountain)
東麓とうろく
eastern foot (of a mountain)
南麓なんろく
southern foot (of a mountain)
北麓ほくろく
northern foot (of a mountain)
麓菫フモトスミレ
Viola sieboldii (violet species)

Additional Examples

休暇中、姉と私は富士山の麓にある小さな村に滞在した。
During the vacation my sister and I stayed at a small village at the foot of Mt. Fuji.tatoeba
丘の麓に白い建物が見えますね。
You see a white building at the foot of the hill.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 麓

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