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眼 = 艮 + 目
眼 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eyeball”. It is built from 艮 (stopping) and 目 (eye). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1577.
- Keyword
- eyeball
- RTK frame
- 1577
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ガン, ゲン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- まなこ, め
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- глазное яблоко
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 眼 eye
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 眼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stopping” + “eye”. 眼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 眼 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.