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鱗 = 魚 + 米 + 舛
鱗 is a Japanese kanji written with 24 strokes, listed here under the keyword “scaled”. It is built from 魚 (fish), 米 (rice) and 舛 (oppose). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2211.
- Keyword
- scaled
- RTK frame
- 2211
- Strokes
- 24
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うろこ, こけ, こけら
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- scales (fish), масштабированный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鱗 fish scales
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鱗 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “rice” + “oppose”. 鱗 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鱗 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.