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福 = 礻 + 畐

福 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “blessing”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 畐 (wealth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1171.

Keyword
blessing
RTK frame
1171
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
благословение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
福 happiness

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 礻 leftside altar
  2. 畐 wealth

How to find 福 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “wealth”. 福 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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