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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

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 甫 dog-tag

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.