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措 = 昔 + 扌

措 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “set aside”. It is built from 昔 (once upon a time) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1272.

Keyword
set aside
RTK frame
1272
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
お.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
откладывать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
措 place

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 昔 once upon a time
  2. 扌 finger

How to find 措 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “once upon a time” + “finger”. 措 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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