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咎 = 口 + 人 + 夂
咎 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “reprehend”. It is built from 口 (mouth), 人 (person) and 夂 (walking legs). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2278.
- Keyword
- reprehend
- RTK frame
- 2278
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キュウ, コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とが.める, とが
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- blame, порицание
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 咎 fault
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 咎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “person” + “walking legs”. 咎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 咎 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.