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婢 = 卑 + 女
婢 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “handmaiden”. It is built from 卑 (lowly) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2309.
- Keyword
- handmaiden
- RTK frame
- 2309
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はしため
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- maidservant, служанка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 婢 servant girl
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 婢 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lowly” + “woman”. 婢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 婢 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.