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笠 = 竹 + 立
笠 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bamboo hat”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 立 (stand up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1009.
- Keyword
- bamboo hat
- RTK frame
- 1009
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かさ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- бамбуковая шляпа
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 笠 bamboo hat
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 笠 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “stand up”. 笠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 笠 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.