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暦 = 厂 + 林 + 日

暦 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “calendar”. It is built from 厂 (cliff), 林 (grove) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 226.

Keyword
calendar
RTK frame
226
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レキ, リャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こよみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
календарь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
暦 calendar

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 厂 cliff
  2. 林 grove
  3. 日 day

How to find 暦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cliff” + “grove” + “day”. 暦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 暦 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.