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籤 = 竹 + 韱

籤 is a Japanese kanji written with 23 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lottery”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 韱 (slender). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2227.

Keyword
lottery
RTK frame
2227
Strokes
23
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くじ, かずとり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
лотерея
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
籤 tally

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 竹 bamboo
  2. 韱 slender

How to find 籤 without knowing its reading

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

Open 籤 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.