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垢 = 后 + 土
垢 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “blemish”. It is built from 后 (empress) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2302.
- Keyword
- blemish
- RTK frame
- 2302
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ, ク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あか, はじ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- dirt, позор
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 垢 dirt
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 垢 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “empress” + “soil”. 垢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 垢 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.