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喧 = 口 + 宣

喧 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “clamor”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 宣 (proclaim). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2284.

Keyword
clamor
RTK frame
2284
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
やかま.しい, かまびす.しい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
noisy, шум
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
喧 lively

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 宣 proclaim

How to find 喧 without knowing its reading

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

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