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村 = 寸 + 木

村 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “town”. It is built from 寸 (measurement) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 221.

Keyword
town
RTK frame
221
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
village, город
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
村 village

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 寸 measurement
  2. 木 tree

How to find 村 without knowing its reading

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

Open 村 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.