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幽 = 山 + 幺 + 幺
幽 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “faint”. It is built from 山 (mountain), 幺 (cocoon) and 幺 (cocoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1480.
- Keyword
- faint
- RTK frame
- 1480
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ユウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふか.い, かす.か, くら.い, しろ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- seclude, слабый
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 幽 quiet
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 幽 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain” + “cocoon” + “cocoon”. 幽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 幽 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.