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腐 = 府 + 肉

腐 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rot”. It is built from 府 (municipality) and 肉 (meat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1099.

Keyword
rot
RTK frame
1099
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くさ.る, -くさ.る, くさ.れる, くさ.れ, くさ.らす, くさ.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вращать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
腐 rot

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 府 municipality
  2. 肉 meat

How to find 腐 without knowing its reading

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

Open 腐 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.