鎧 = 金 + 豈

鎧 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “suit of armor”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 豈 (surely not). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2223.

Keyword: suit of armor
RTK frame: 2223
Strokes: 18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): カイ, ガイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): よろ.う, よろい
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: put on armor, костюм брони
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 鎧 armor

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 鎧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “surely not”. 鎧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鎧 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.