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媒 = 某 + 女
媒 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mediator”. It is built from 某 (so-and-so) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1898.
- Keyword
- mediator
- RTK frame
- 1898
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- バイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- なこうど
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- посредник
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 媒 go-between
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 媒 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “so-and-so” + “woman”. 媒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 媒 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.