仄 = 人 + 厂

仄 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “insinuate”. It is built from 人 (person) and 厂 (cliff). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2276.

Keyword: insinuate
RTK frame: 2276
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ほの.か, ほの-, ほの.めかす, ほの.めく, かたむ.く
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: be seen dimly, инсинуация
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 仄 slanting

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 仄 without knowing its reading

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

Open 仄 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.