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吟 = 口 + 今

吟 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “versify”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 今 (now). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1714.

Keyword
versify
RTK frame
1714
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заверять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
吟 sing

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 今 now

How to find 吟 without knowing its reading

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

Open 吟 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.