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醒 = 星 + 酉
醒 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “awakening”. It is built from 星 (star) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1677.
- Keyword
- awakening
- RTK frame
- 1677
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- さ.ます, さ.める
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- awake, пробуждаться
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 醒 wake up
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 醒 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “star” + “sign of the bird”. 醒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 醒 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.