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凧 = 巾 + 几

凧 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “kite”. It is built from 巾 (towel) and 几 (table). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2265.

Keyword
kite
RTK frame
2265
Strokes
5
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いかのぼり, たこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кайт
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
凧 kite

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 巾 towel
  2. 几 table

How to find 凧 without knowing its reading

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

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