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垣 = 土 + 亘

垣 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hedge”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 亘 (span). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 165.

Keyword
hedge
RTK frame
165
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
изгородь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
垣 low wall

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 亘 span

How to find 垣 without knowing its reading

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

Open 垣 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.