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核 = 亥 + 木

核 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nucleus”. It is built from 亥 (sign of the hog) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1638.

Keyword
nucleus
RTK frame
1638
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ядро
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
核 seed

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亥 sign of the hog
  2. 木 tree

How to find 核 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the hog” + “tree”. 核 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 核 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.