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唇 = 辰 + 口
唇 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lips”. It is built from 辰 (sign of the dragon) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2169.
- Keyword
- lips
- RTK frame
- 2169
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くちびる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- губы
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 唇 lips
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 唇 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the dragon” + “mouth”. 唇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 唇 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.