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雛 = 芻 + 隹

雛 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chick”. It is built from 芻 (hay) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2230.

Keyword
chick
RTK frame
2230
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スウ, ス, ジュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひな, ひよこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
девочка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
雛 chick

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 芻 hay
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 雛 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hay” + “short-tailed bird”. 雛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雛 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.