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漆 = 水 + 木 + 𠆢 + 氺

漆 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lacquer”. It is built from 水 (water), 木 (tree), 𠆢 (umbrella) and 氺 (grains of rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1001.

Keyword
lacquer
RTK frame
1001
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うるし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
лак
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
漆 varnish

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 木 tree
  3. 𠆢 umbrella
  4. 氺 grains of rice

How to find 漆 without knowing its reading

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

Open 漆 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.