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朕 = 关 + 月

朕 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “majestic plural”. It is built from 关 (golden calf) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2183.

Keyword
majestic plural
RTK frame
2183
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
величественное множественное число
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
朕 pronoun 'i'

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 关 golden calf
  2. 月 month

How to find 朕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “golden calf” + “month”. 朕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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