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駄 = 太 + 馬

駄 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “burdensome”. It is built from 太 (plump) and 馬 (horse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2140.

Keyword
burdensome
RTK frame
2140
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ダ, タ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
обременительный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
駄 a horse load

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 太 plump
  2. 馬 horse

How to find 駄 without knowing its reading

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

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