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磁 = 兹 + 石

磁 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “magnet”. It is built from 兹 (double-mysterious) and 石 (stone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1491.

Keyword
magnet
RTK frame
1491
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
магнит
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
磁 magnetic

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 兹 double-mysterious
  2. 石 stone

How to find 磁 without knowing its reading

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

Open 磁 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.