甚 = 甘 + 匹

甚 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tremendously”. It is built from 甘 (sweet) and 匹 (equal). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1905. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: tremendously
RTK frame: 1905
Strokes: 9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ジン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): はなは.だ, はなは.だしい
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: чрезвычайно, crab trap
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 甚 great extent

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 甚

How to find 甚 without knowing its reading

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

Open 甚 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.