Dec 24
Kanji in Ascending Stroke Order
Strokes:24
鱗
Kun: うろこ、 こけ、 こけら
On: リン
Words of the day: 片鱗 (part; portion; glimpse; bit), 目から鱗が落ちる (to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one’s eyes), 逆鱗に触れる (to infuriate one’s superior; to incur the anger of one’s boss), 介鱗 (fish and shellfish)
Our very last kanji! It’s hard to find any frequently used ones with so many strokes. 鱗 means scales (like of a fish). It’s a Jinmeiyō kanji (used in names) and 2494 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers.
Here’s the stroke order:
And variations:
