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潰 = 水 + 貴
潰 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “defile”. It is built from 水 (water) and 貴 (precious). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1911.
- Keyword
- defile
- RTK frame
- 1911
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カイ, エ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つぶ.す, つぶ.れる, つい.える
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- crush, осквернять
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 潰 flooding river
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 潰 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “precious”. 潰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 潰 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.