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蚊 = 虫 + 文
蚊 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mosquito”. It is built from 虫 (insect) and 文 (sentence). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1864.
- Keyword
- mosquito
- RTK frame
- 1864
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ブン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- か
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- комар
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 蚊 mosquito
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蚊 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insect” + “sentence”. 蚊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蚊 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.