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咳 = 口 + 亥
咳 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cough”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 亥 (sign of the hog). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2283.
- Keyword
- cough
- RTK frame
- 2283
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カイ, ガイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- せ.く, しわぶ.く, せき, しわぶき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- кашель
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 咳 cough
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 咳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “sign of the hog”. 咳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 咳 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.