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物 = 牛 + 勿

物 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “thing”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 勿 (not). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1129. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
thing
RTK frame
1129
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ブツ, モツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
もの, もの-
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вещь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
物 thing

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牛 cow
  2. 勿 not

Characters that contain 物

How to find 物 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “not”. 物 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 物 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.