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邑 = 口 + 巴

邑 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “city walls”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 巴 (comma-design). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2296.

Keyword
city walls
RTK frame
2296
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ユウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
village, городские стены
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
邑 area

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 巴 comma-design

How to find 邑 without knowing its reading

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

Open 邑 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.