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愚 = 心 + 禺

愚 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “foolish”. It is built from 心 (heart) and 禺 (talking cricket). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2107.

Keyword
foolish
RTK frame
2107
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
グ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おろ.か
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
глупый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
愚 stupid

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 心 heart
  2. 禺 talking cricket

How to find 愚 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “heart” + “talking cricket”. 愚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 愚 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.