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蜂 = 夆 + 虫

蜂 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bee”. It is built from 夆 (segway) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1684.

Keyword
bee
RTK frame
1684
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はち
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пчела
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蜂 bee

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 夆 segway
  2. 虫 insect

How to find 蜂 without knowing its reading

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

Open 蜂 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.