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活 = 水 + 舌

活 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lively”. It is built from 水 (water) and 舌 (tongue). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 154.

Keyword
lively
RTK frame
154
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
い.きる, い.かす, い.ける
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
живой
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
活 live

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 舌 tongue

How to find 活 without knowing its reading

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

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