The kanji 梗: meaning, readings and stroke order

梗

Meaning: stem, block
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cành cứng, nghẽn lại (ngạnh)
Japanese: かたいえだ。ふさがる。
Korean: 줄기, 막히다 (경)
Chinese: 梗、阻塞

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

心しん筋きん梗こう塞そく
heart attack
心しん筋きん梗こう塞そくをふせぐ生活です。
It is a way of living that helps prevent heart attacks.

Practise writing 梗 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 梗 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 10 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.