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堰 = 女 + 土 + 日 + 匚

堰 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dam”. It is built from 女 (woman), 土 (soil), 日 (day) and 匚 (box). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2305.

Keyword
dam
RTK frame
2305
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
せき, せ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
плотина
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
堰 dam

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 土 soil
  3. 日 day
  4. 匚 box

How to find 堰 without knowing its reading

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

Open 堰 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.