澱 = 氵 + 殿

澱 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sediment”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 殿 (hall).

Keyword: sediment
Pinyin (Mandarin): diàn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: sediment, dregs, precipitate, осадки, осадок, отбросы, dregs, precipitate
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 澱 sediment

Decomposition

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氵 water
殿 hall

How to find 澱 without knowing its reading

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

Open 澱 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.