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紳 = 申 + 糸

紳 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sire”. It is built from 申 (speaketh) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1461.

Keyword
sire
RTK frame
1461
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сир
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
紳 girdle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 申 speaketh
  2. 糸 thread

How to find 紳 without knowing its reading

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

Open 紳 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.