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痢 = 利 + 疒

痢 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “diarrhea”. It is built from 利 (profit) and 疒 (sickness radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1821.

Keyword
diarrhea
RTK frame
1821
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
понос
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
痢 dysentery

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 利 profit
  2. 疒 sickness radical

Alternative decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 疒 sickness radical

How to find 痢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “profit” + “sickness radical”. 痢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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