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鳴 = 口 + 鳥
鳴 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chirp”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2092.
- Keyword
- chirp
- RTK frame
- 2092
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- メイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- な.く, な.る, な.らす
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- чириканье
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鳴 cry of bird or animal
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鳴 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “bird”. 鳴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鳴 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.