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for the most part
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingコウ、キョウ
Kun readingふさぐ、やまにれ、おおむね
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. for the most part
    日本では心臓病を患う人が多いようですが、リビアでも心筋梗塞になる人が最近とても増えています。Many people suffer from heart disease in Japan, but in Libya those having heart attacks have also increased a lot recently.tatoeba
    家紋は丸に桔梗。His family crest was a Chinese bellflower with a circle.wiki
  2. close up
  3. flower stem
  4. spinyRtK
  1. stoppage
  2. blocking
  3. infarction
  4. infarct

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · grow late · Ameratasu · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · sun (日) · tucked under the arm

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 751

Compound words

梗塞こうそく
stoppage; blocking; infarction; infarct
花梗かこう
flower stalk
桔梗ききょう
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
梗概こうがい
outline
岩桔梗いわぎきょう
mountain harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa)
青梗菜チンゲンサイ
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; esp. cultivars with green stalks)
沢桔梗さわぎきょう
Lobelia sessilifolia (species of lobelia)
脳梗塞のうこうそく
cerebral infarction
心筋梗塞しんきんこうそく
heart attack
千島桔梗ちしまぎきょう
hairyflower bellflower (Campanula chamissonis)
捻じ桔梗ねじききょう
twisted Chinese bellflower crest
ラクナ梗塞ラクナこうそく
lacunar infarction
急性心筋梗塞きゅうせいしんきんこうそく
acute myocardial infarction

Additional Examples

家紋は丸に桔梗。
His family crest was a Chinese bellflower with a circle.wiki
心筋梗塞により急逝。
She died suddenly of a heart attack.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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