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醸 = 㐮 + 酉

醸 is a Japanese kanji written with 20 strokes, listed here under the keyword “brew”. It is built from 㐮 (grass skirt) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1647.

Keyword
brew
RTK frame
1647
Strokes
20
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かも.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пиво
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
醸 brew

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㐮 grass skirt
  2. 酉 sign of the bird

How to find 醸 without knowing its reading

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

Open 醸 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.