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噺 = 口 + 新

噺 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “spin a tale”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 新 (new). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2294.

Keyword
spin a tale
RTK frame
2294
Strokes
16
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はなし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
talk, крутить сказку
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
噺 story

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 新 new

How to find 噺 without knowing its reading

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

Open 噺 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.