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繁 = 糸 + 敏

繁 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “luxuriant”. It is built from 糸 (thread) and 敏 (cleverness). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1435.

Keyword
luxuriant
RTK frame
1435
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しげ.る, しげ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пышный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
繁 complicated

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 糸 thread
  2. 敏 cleverness

How to find 繁 without knowing its reading

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

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