漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
亘: span, range
Also: extend over
JLPT N16 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
二 carries the meaning · 旦 is drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
わたるwataru · kun'yomi · on its own
- に亘りにわたりthroughout; over a period of ...
- に亘ってにわたってthroughout; over a period of ...
- 長きに亘るながきにわたるlong (time); longstanding; for a long time
Also read コウ, カン, セン, もとめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“One line above, one line below—a perfect pair! This radical is the foundation of balance and counting.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
旦
Also built on daybreak (旦)
亘 gives its sound to
The family reading is コウ (kou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side亘 span · 二
vs但 however · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gèn
Same form: 亘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 亘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 亘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gèn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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