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朽 = 木 + 丂

朽 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “decay”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 丂 (snare). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1331.

Keyword
decay
RTK frame
1331
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.ちる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
разрушение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
朽 decayed

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 丂 snare

How to find 朽 without knowing its reading

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

Open 朽 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.