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酵 = 孝 + 酉
酵 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fermentation”. It is built from 孝 (filial piety) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1538.
- Keyword
- fermentation
- RTK frame
- 1538
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ферментация
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 酵 yeast
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 酵 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “filial piety” + “sign of the bird”. 酵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 酵 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.