辞 = 舌 + 辛

辞 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “words”. It is built from 舌 (tongue) and 辛 (bitter).

Keyword: words
Pinyin (Mandarin): cí
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: words, speech, expression, phrase, выражение, речь, слова, фраза, speech, expression, phrase
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 辞 resign

Decomposition

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舌 tongue
辛 bitter

How to find 辞 without knowing its reading

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

Open 辞 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.