鰯 = 魚 + 弱

鰯 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “a sardine”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 弱 (weak).

Keyword: a sardine
Pinyin (Mandarin): ruò
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: сардина
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鰯 sardine

Decomposition

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魚 fish
弱 weak

How to find 鰯 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鰯 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.