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唱 = 口 + 昌

唱 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chant”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 昌 (prosperous). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 21.

Keyword
chant
RTK frame
21
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
とな.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
распевать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
唱 sing

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 昌 prosperous

How to find 唱 without knowing its reading

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

Open 唱 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.