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嵩 = 山 + 高

嵩 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “high-reaching”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 高 (tall). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2334.

Keyword
high-reaching
RTK frame
2334
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スウ, シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かさ, かさ.む, たか.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
be aggravated, далеко идущий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嵩 high

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 高 tall

How to find 嵩 without knowing its reading

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

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