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厄 = 㔾 + 厂

厄 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “unlucky”. It is built from 㔾 (fingerprint) and 厂 (cliff). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1519.

Keyword
unlucky
RTK frame
1519
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヤク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
неудачливый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
厄 adversity

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㔾 fingerprint
  2. 厂 cliff

How to find 厄 without knowing its reading

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

Open 厄 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.