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soot
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingバイ、マイ
Kun readingすす
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sootRtK
  2. smoke dried

Radicals and components

Radical火fire灬variant
Components
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Compound words

松煤しょうばい
soot of burnt pine
煤煙ばいえん
dirty smoke
煤色すすいろ
color of soot (colour)
煤塵ばいじん
dust and soot
煤竹すすたけ
soot-colored bamboo (coloured)
煤烟ばいえん
dirty smoke
煤けるすすける
to be sooty
煤掃きすすはき
sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)
煤払いすすはらい
cleaning dust etc. from rooms
煤色信天翁すすいろあほうどり
sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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Practice Writing 煤

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