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諺

proverb
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingことわざ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. proverbRtK
    諺を英語にする行為に意味があるのだろうか。I wonder if there is any meaning to putting proverbs into English.tatoeba
  1. saying
  2. aphorism

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Compound words

諺にもある通り「虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず」だ。
As the saying goes, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."tatoeba
諺にもある通り、過ぎ去ったことはくよくよしても仕方がない。
It is no use crying over spilt milk, as the proverb says.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 諺

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step