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哺 = 口 + 甫
哺 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “suckle”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 甫 (dog-tag). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1979.
- Keyword
- suckle
- RTK frame
- 1979
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はぐく.む, ふく.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- nurse, сосать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 哺 chew food
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 哺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “dog-tag”. 哺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 哺 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.