Kanji

奄

奄

cover, suffocate, obstruct

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

大部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

エン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おおう, たちまち

Example sentences

気息奄奄 きそくえんえん
発見 された 時 、 遭難者 は 気息奄奄 の 状態 だった

When found, the victim was gasping for breath and on the verge of death.

Example Vocabulary

気息奄々

きそくえんえん

気息奄奄

きそくえんえん

gasping for breath; on the verge of death; breathing feebly

奄羅

奄美の黒兎

奄々

えんえん

奄奄

えんえん

奄美鼻先蛙

奄美星空河豚

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