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岬 = 山 + 甲

岬 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “headland”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 甲 (armor). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1196.

Keyword
headland
RTK frame
1196
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みさき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
земля
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
岬 cape

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 甲 armor

How to find 岬 without knowing its reading

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

Open 岬 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.