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液 = 夜 + 水

液 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fluid”. It is built from 夜 (night) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1116.

Keyword
fluid
RTK frame
1116
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エキ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
жидкость
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
液 sap

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 夜 night
  2. 水 water

How to find 液 without knowing its reading

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

Open 液 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.