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赦 = 攵 + 赤

赦 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pardon”. It is built from 攵 (rap) and 赤 (red). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1881.

Keyword
pardon
RTK frame
1881
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シャ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ゆる.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
помиловать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
赦 forgive

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 攵 rap
  2. 赤 red

How to find 赦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rap” + “red”. 赦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 赦 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.