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仰 = 亻 + 卬

仰 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “faceup”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 卬 (stamp album). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1836.

Keyword
faceup
RTK frame
1836
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギョウ, コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あお.ぐ, おお.せ, お.っしゃる, おっしゃ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
face-up, лицо
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
仰 raise the head to look

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 卬 stamp album

How to find 仰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “stamp album”. 仰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 仰 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.