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滋 = 兹 + 水

滋 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nourishing”. It is built from 兹 (double-mysterious) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1489.

Keyword
nourishing
RTK frame
1489
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジ, シ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
питающий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
滋 grow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 兹 double-mysterious
  2. 水 water

How to find 滋 without knowing its reading

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

Open 滋 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.