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箋 = 竹 + 戔

箋 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stationery”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 戔 (twin spear). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1011.

Keyword
stationery
RTK frame
1011
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふだ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
paper, канцелярские принадлежности
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
箋 note

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 竹 bamboo
  2. 戔 twin spear

How to find 箋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “twin spear”. 箋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 箋 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.