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eaves
Stroke count: 6

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Meanings

  1. eavesRtK
  2. roof
  3. house
  4. heaven
  1. universe
  2. cosmos
  3. space

Popular Usage

宇宙

Radicals and components

Radicalroof
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

house · potato

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1785

Compound words

彼は最初に宙旅行をした日本人です。
He is the first Japanese that traveled in space.tatoeba
彼は宙飛行士になることを夢に描いている。
He is dreaming of becoming an astronaut.tatoeba
彼は宙を遊泳した最初の人間だった。
He was the first man to float in space.tatoeba
彼は、主として、宙の起源と進化に興味を持っていた。
He was mainly interested in the origin and development of the universe.tatoeba

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6 strokes

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