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債 = 亻 + 責

債 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bond”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 責 (blame). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1664.

Keyword
bond
RTK frame
1664
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
облигация
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
債 debt

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 責 blame

How to find 債 without knowing its reading

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

Open 債 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.