潟 = 臼 + 水 + 勹 + 灬

潟 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lagoon”. It is built from 臼 (mortar), 水 (water), 勹 (bound up) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2195.

Keyword: lagoon
RTK frame: 2195
Strokes: 15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): かた, -がた
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: лагуна
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 潟 land impregnated with salt from the tide

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 潟 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mortar” + “water” + “bound up”. 潟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 潟 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.