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呆 = 口 + 木

呆 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dumbfounded”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2297. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
dumbfounded
RTK frame
2297
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほけ.る, ぼ.ける, あき.れる, おろか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
be amazed, ошеломленный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
呆 dull

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 木 tree

Characters that contain 呆

How to find 呆 without knowing its reading

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

Open 呆 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.