之

之 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “of”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1299. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: of
RTK frame: 1299
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): の, これ, ゆく, この
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: zorro, building blocks, zig-zag, из
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 之 marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 之

乏 destitution
芝 turf

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