Wind

N5 · 9 stroke · 6 kanji

A sail (几) filled with air enclosing a hidden creature (虫). Wind is invisible — you know it by what it moves. The enclosing frame captures the invisible force.

An outer frame like a billowing sail — 几. Inside it: a hidden creature (虫), stirred up by the moving air. Wind is the only force you cannot see directly — only its effects. The kanji captures that paradox: an enclosure that contains something moving inside it, invisible until it touches the world.

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Kanji using this radical
2 kanji
Storm / Tempest
あらし · らん
Cool / Refreshing
すず・しい · りょう

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