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坤 = 土 + 申

坤 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “authochthonous”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 申 (speaketh). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2300.

Keyword
authochthonous
RTK frame
2300
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つち, ひつじさる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
divination sign, автохтонный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
坤 earth

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 申 speaketh

How to find 坤 without knowing its reading

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

Open 坤 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.