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酬 = 州 + 酉

酬 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “repay”. It is built from 州 (state) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1540.

Keyword
repay
RTK frame
1540
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ, シュ, トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むく.いる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
выплачивать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
酬 toast

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 州 state
  2. 酉 sign of the bird

How to find 酬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “state” + “sign of the bird”. 酬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酬 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.