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婦 = 女 + 帚

婦 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lady”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 帚 (feather duster). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1234.

Keyword
lady
RTK frame
1234
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
フ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よめ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
леди
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
婦 married women

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 帚 feather duster

How to find 婦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “feather duster”. 婦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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