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滑 = 水 + 骨

滑 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “slippery”. It is built from 水 (water) and 骨 (skeleton). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1384.

Keyword
slippery
RTK frame
1384
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カツ, コツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すべ.る, なめ.らか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
скользкий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
滑 slip

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 骨 skeleton

How to find 滑 without knowing its reading

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

Open 滑 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.