血 = ノ + 皿

血 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “blood”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 皿 (dish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1556. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: blood
RTK frame: 1556
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ケツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ち
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: кровь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 血 blood

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 血

How to find 血 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “dish”. 血 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 血 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.