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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

  1. 星 star
  2. 酉 sign of the bird

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.