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盟 = 明 + 皿

盟 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “alliance”. It is built from 明 (bright) and 皿 (dish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1558.

Keyword
alliance
RTK frame
1558
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
メイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
союз
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
盟 swear

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 明 bright
  2. 皿 dish

How to find 盟 without knowing its reading

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

Open 盟 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.