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等 = 寺 + 竹

等 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “etc.”. It is built from 寺 (buddhist temple) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1016.

Keyword
etc.
RTK frame
1016
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひと.しい, など, -ら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
и т.д.
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
等 rank

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 寺 buddhist temple
  2. 竹 bamboo

How to find 等 without knowing its reading

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

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