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価 = 亻 + 西

価 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “value”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 西 (west). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1729.

Keyword
value
RTK frame
1729
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ, ケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あたい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ценность
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
価 price

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 西 west

How to find 価 without knowing its reading

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

Open 価 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.