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港 = 水 + 共 + 己

港 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “harbor”. It is built from 水 (water), 共 (together) and 己 (self). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1940.

Keyword
harbor
RTK frame
1940
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みなと
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
гавань
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
港 port

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 共 together
  3. 己 self

How to find 港 without knowing its reading

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

Open 港 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.