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grow late
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingさら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす
JōyōGrade 8
  1. to get late
  2. to advance
  3. to wear on

Popular Usage

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Radicals and components

Radical曰sayComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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Ameratasu · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · sun (日) · tucked under the arm

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 749

Compound words

更にさらに
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover
今更いまさら
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
更改こうかい
renewal; extension; revision
更新こうしん
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
更正こうせい
correction; revision; rectification
更生こうせい
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew; rebirth; regeneration
更迭こうてつ
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
尚更なおさら
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
変更へんこう
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
満更まんざら
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
更けるふける
to get late; to advance; to wear on
更衣室こういしつ
locker room; changing room; dressing room
更年期こうねんき
menopause; climacteric
夜更けよふけ
late at night; small hours of the morning
変更届へんこうとどけ
notification of change; alteration report; registration of modification
夜更かしよふかし
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
会社更生法かいしゃこうせいほう
Corporate Reorganization Act

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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