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巴

巴 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “comma-design”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2237. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword
comma-design
RTK frame
2237
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ともえ, うずまき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
mosaic, конструкция запятой, bed
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
巴 greatly desire

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 巴

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