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猛 = 犭 + 皿 + 子

猛 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fierce”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs), 皿 (dish) and 子 (child). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1566.

Keyword
fierce
RTK frame
1566
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сильный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
猛 violent

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 皿 dish
  3. 子 child

How to find 猛 without knowing its reading

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

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