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紺 = 甘 + 糸
紺 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “navy blue”. It is built from 甘 (sweet) and 糸 (thread). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1895.
- Keyword
- navy blue
- RTK frame
- 1895
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コン
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- dark blue, морской синий
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 紺 dark blue or reddish color
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 紺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sweet” + “thread”. 紺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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