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詞 = 言 + 司

詞 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “parts of speech”. It is built from 言 (say) and 司 (director). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2009.

Keyword
parts of speech
RTK frame
2009
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ことば
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
part of speech, части речи
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
詞 words

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 言 say
  2. 司 director

How to find 詞 without knowing its reading

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

Open 詞 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.