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杯 = 木 + 不

杯 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cupfuls”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 不 (negative). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1304.

Keyword
cupfuls
RTK frame
1304
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さかずき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
counter for cupfuls, чашечка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
杯 cup

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 不 negative

How to find 杯 without knowing its reading

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

Open 杯 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.