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沫 = 水 + 末

沫 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “splash”. It is built from 水 (water) and 末 (extremity). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 232.

Keyword
splash
RTK frame
232
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マツ, バツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あわ, しぶき, つばき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
брызги
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
沫 froth

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 末 extremity

How to find 沫 without knowing its reading

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

Open 沫 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.