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Readings

Kana: ベイ、ケツ、たまと、たもと
Romaji: bei, ketsu, tamato, tamoto
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sleeve, foot (of hill), edge

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  145
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-5-4
Korean Reading:  mye
Chinese Reading:  mei4
Unicode:  8882
JIS:  6A56

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4216
New Nelson Index: 5426
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5e4.2
Four Corner Index: 3523.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34154
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0198

Words

(たもと)
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
袂を分かつ (たもとをわかつ)
part from (with); part company with; break with
袂を絞る (たもとをしぼる)
to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)
袂糞 (たもとくそ)
dust, etc. that gathers in the bottoms of sleeves (esp. in Japanese traditional clothing)
分袂 (ぶんべい)
parting (from someone)
袂の露 (たもとのつゆ)
tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); weeping copiously
袂を連ねる (たもとをつらねる)
to do in unison; to do en masse
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