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嬉 = 女 + 喜
嬉 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “overjoyed”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 喜 (rejoice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2319.
- Keyword
- overjoyed
- RTK frame
- 2319
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うれ.しい, たの.しむ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- glad, радоваться
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 嬉 enjoy
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 嬉 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “rejoice”. 嬉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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