巳

巳 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sign of the snake”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2200. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: sign of the snake
RTK frame: 2200
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): み
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: sign of the snake or serpent, mosaic with bit missing, знак змеи, self, snake
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 巳 sixth earthly branch

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 巳

起 rouse
包 wrap
祀 enshrine

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