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塚 = 土 + 冖 + 豕
塚 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hillock”. It is built from 土 (soil), 冖 (cover) and 豕 (pig). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1117.
- Keyword
- hillock
- RTK frame
- 1117
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つか, -づか
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- холм
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 塚 cemetery
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 塚 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “cover” + “pig”. 塚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 塚 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.