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照 = 昭 + 灬
照 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “illuminate”. It is built from 昭 (shining) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 182.
- Keyword
- illuminate
- RTK frame
- 182
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- て.る, て.らす, て.れる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- освещать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 照 shine
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 照 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shining” + “fire radical”. 照 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 照 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.