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吃 = 乞 + 口

吃 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stammer”. It is built from 乞 (beg) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2293.

Keyword
stammer
RTK frame
2293
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ども.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заикание
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
吃 eat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 乞 beg
  2. 口 mouth

How to find 吃 without knowing its reading

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

Open 吃 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.