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璧 = 玉 + 辟
璧 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “holed gem”. It is built from 玉 (jewel) and 辟 (heki). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1617.
- Keyword
- holed gem
- RTK frame
- 1617
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヘキ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たま
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- sphere, драгоценный камень
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 璧 piece of jade with hole in it
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 璧 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “jewel” + “heki”. 璧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 璧 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.