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細 = 糸 + 田

細 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dainty”. It is built from 糸 (thread) and 田 (rice field). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1463.

Keyword
dainty
RTK frame
1463
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほそ.い, ほそ.る, こま.か, こま.かい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
изящный
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
細 fine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 糸 thread
  2. 田 rice field

How to find 細 without knowing its reading

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

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