湿 = 水 + 日 + 业

湿 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “damp”. It is built from 水 (water), 日 (day) and 业 (upside down in a row). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1927.

Keyword: damp
RTK frame: 1927
Strokes: 12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シツ, シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): しめ.る, しめ.す, うるお.う, うるお.す
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: влажный
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 湿 wet

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 湿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “day” + “upside down in a row”. 湿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 湿 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.