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嵌 = 甘 + 欠 + 山

嵌 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fit into”. It is built from 甘 (sweet), 欠 (lack) and 山 (mountain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2337.

Keyword
fit into
RTK frame
2337
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
は.める, は.まる, あな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
go into, вписаться в
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嵌 inlay

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 甘 sweet
  2. 欠 lack
  3. 山 mountain

How to find 嵌 without knowing its reading

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

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