君 = 口 + 尹

君 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “old boy”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 尹 (mop). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1246. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: old boy
RTK frame: 1246
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): クン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): きみ, -ぎみ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: mister, старый мальчик, buddy
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 君 sovereign

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 君

How to find 君 without knowing its reading

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

Open 君 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.