危 = 勹 + 厂 + 㔾

危 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dangerous”. It is built from 勹 (bound up), 厂 (cliff) and 㔾 (fingerprint). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1520. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: dangerous
RTK frame: 1520
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あぶ.ない, あや.うい, あや.ぶむ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: опасный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 危 dangerous

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 危

How to find 危 without knowing its reading

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

Open 危 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.