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淡 = 水 + 炎

淡 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “thin”. It is built from 水 (water) and 炎 (inflammation). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 176.

Keyword
thin
RTK frame
176
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あわ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
тонкий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
淡 weak

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 炎 inflammation

How to find 淡 without knowing its reading

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

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