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凄 = 冫 + 妻
凄 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nifty”. It is built from 冫 (ice) and 妻 (wife). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2036.
- Keyword
- nifty
- RTK frame
- 2036
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セイ, サイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- さむ.い, すご.い, すさ.まじい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- uncanny, изящный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 凄 bitter cold
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 凄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ice” + “wife”. 凄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 凄 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.