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辞 = 舌 + 辛

辞 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “resign”. It is built from 舌 (tongue) and 辛 (spicy). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1613.

Keyword
resign
RTK frame
1613
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
や.める, いな.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
увольнять
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
辞 words

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 舌 tongue
  2. 辛 spicy

How to find 辞 without knowing its reading

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

Open 辞 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.