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舷 = 舟 + 玄

舷 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gunwale”. It is built from 舟 (boat) and 玄 (mysterious). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2015.

Keyword
gunwale
RTK frame
2015
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふなばた, ふなべり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стрельба
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
舷 the sides of a boat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 舟 boat
  2. 玄 mysterious

How to find 舷 without knowing its reading

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

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