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椅 = 木 + 奇

椅 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chair”. It is built from 木 (tree) and 奇 (strange). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 218.

Keyword
chair
RTK frame
218
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стул
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
椅 chair

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 木 tree
  2. 奇 strange

How to find 椅 without knowing its reading

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

Open 椅 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.