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猶 = 犭 + 酋

猶 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “waver”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 酋 (chieftain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1546.

Keyword
waver
RTK frame
1546
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユウ, ユ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なお
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
furthermore, колебаться
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
猶 like

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 酋 chieftain

How to find 猶 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “chieftain”. 猶 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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