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暫 = 斬 + 日

暫 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “temporarily”. It is built from 斬 (chop off) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1216.

Keyword
temporarily
RTK frame
1216
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ザン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しばら.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
временно
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
暫 temporary

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 斬 chop off
  2. 日 day

How to find 暫 without knowing its reading

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

Open 暫 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.