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汰 = 水 + 太

汰 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cleanse”. It is built from 水 (water) and 太 (plump). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 149.

Keyword
cleanse
RTK frame
149
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タ, タイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おご.る, にご.る, よな.げる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
washing, очищать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
汰 excessive

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 太 plump

How to find 汰 without knowing its reading

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

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