掖 = 扌 + 夜

掖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “support with the arms”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 夜 (night).

Keyword: support with the arms
Pinyin (Mandarin): yē
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: поддержка оружием

Decomposition

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扌 hand
夜 night

How to find 掖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “night”. 掖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 掖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.