畷 = 田 + 叕

畷 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rice-field footpath”. It is built from 田 (rice field) and 叕 (stitches). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2221.

Keyword: rice-field footpath
RTK frame: 2221
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): テツ, テイ, セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): なわて
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: rice field ridge path, рисовая дорожка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 畷 raised path between fields

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 畷 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice field” + “stitches”. 畷 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 畷 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.