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挫 = 坐 + 扌
挫 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sprain”. It is built from 坐 (sitting in meditation) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1101.
- Keyword
- sprain
- RTK frame
- 1101
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ザ, サ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くじ.く, くじ.ける
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- crush, растяжение
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 挫 push down
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 挫 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sitting in meditation” + “finger”. 挫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 挫 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.