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酸 = 夋 + 酉
酸 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “acid”. It is built from 夋 (streetwalker) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1545.
- Keyword
- acid
- RTK frame
- 1545
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- す.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- кислота
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 酸 tart
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 酸 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “streetwalker” + “sign of the bird”. 酸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 酸 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.