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塗 = 水 + 余 + 土
塗 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “paint”. It is built from 水 (water), 余 (too much) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1792.
- Keyword
- paint
- RTK frame
- 1792
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ト
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ぬ.る, ぬ.り, まみ.れる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- краска
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 塗 smear
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 塗 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “too much” + “soil”. 塗 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 塗 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.