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挿 = 扌 + 千 + 日

挿 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “insert”. It is built from 扌 (finger), 千 (thousand) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1197.

Keyword
insert
RTK frame
1197
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さ.す, はさ.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
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Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
挿 insert

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 千 thousand
  3. 日 day

How to find 挿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “thousand” + “day”. 挿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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