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岸 = 干 + 山 + 厂
岸 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “beach”. It is built from 干 (dry), 山 (mountain) and 厂 (cliff). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1782.
- Keyword
- beach
- RTK frame
- 1782
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ガン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- пляж
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 岸 bank
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 岸 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dry” + “mountain” + “cliff”. 岸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 岸 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.