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嫌 = 兼 + 女

嫌 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dislike”. It is built from 兼 (concurrently) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1724.

Keyword
dislike
RTK frame
1724
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン, ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きら.う, きら.い, いや
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
не нравиться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嫌 hate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 兼 concurrently
  2. 女 woman

How to find 嫌 without knowing its reading

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

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