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醜 = 酉 + 鬼
醜 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ugly”. It is built from 酉 (sign of the bird) and 鬼 (ghost). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2176.
- Keyword
- ugly
- RTK frame
- 2176
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- みにく.い, しこ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- уродливый
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 醜 ugly looking
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 醜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the bird” + “ghost”. 醜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 醜 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.