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演 = 水 + 寅

演 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “performance”. It is built from 水 (water) and 寅 (sign of the tiger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2163.

Keyword
performance
RTK frame
2163
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
исполнение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
演 perform

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 寅 sign of the tiger

How to find 演 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “sign of the tiger”. 演 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 演 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.