甥 = 生 + 男

甥 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “niece”. It is built from 生 (life) and 男 (male).

Keyword: niece
Pinyin (Mandarin): shēng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: niece, sister's child, племянница, ребенок сестры, sister's child
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 甥 nephew

Decomposition

ids

生 life
男 male

How to find 甥 without knowing its reading

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

Open 甥 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.