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雅 = 牙 + 隹

雅 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gracious”. It is built from 牙 (tusk) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2056.

Keyword
gracious
RTK frame
2056
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みや.び
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
милостивый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
雅 elegant

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牙 tusk
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 雅 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tusk” + “short-tailed bird”. 雅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雅 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.