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鼓 = 壴 + 支

鼓 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drum”. It is built from 壴 (drum) and 支 (branch). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1552.

Keyword
drum
RTK frame
1552
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つづみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
барабан
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鼓 drum

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 壴 drum
  2. 支 branch

How to find 鼓 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鼓 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.