掴 = 扌 + 国

掴 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “box one's ears”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 国 (nation).

Keyword: box one's ears
Pinyin (Mandarin): guāi
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: box one's ears, slap, коробка ушей, пощечина, slap
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 掴 clutch

Decomposition

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扌 hand
国 nation

How to find 掴 without knowing its reading

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

Open 掴 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.