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Kanji dictionary: 奄 (cover)
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奄
Cover
This kanji has
8
strokes. It is being learnt at
grade 9
.
This kanji belongs to
jinmeyō (name)
kanji.
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Meaning:
cover, suffocate, obstruct
On reading:
エン
en
Kun reading:
おお-う、たちまち
ō-u, tachimachi
Use examples
気息奄々
きそくえんえん
to breathe in short gasps on the edge of ruin (death)
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