倣 – emulate, imitate

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The kanji 倣 means emulate, imitate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is なら.う (narau). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	なら.う	narau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・方・攵・乞.

Words using 倣

倣うならうto imitate模倣もほうimitation

Example sentences

全ての子供には、尊敬し模倣する人が必要だ。

Every child needs someone to look up to and copy.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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