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庖 = 广 + 包
庖 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cleaver”. It is built from 广 (cave) and 包 (wrap). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2341.
- Keyword
- cleaver
- RTK frame
- 2341
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くりや
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- kitchen, расщепитель
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 庖 kitchen
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 庖 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cave” + “wrap”. 庖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 庖 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.