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廓 = 广 + 郭

廓 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “licensed quarters”. It is built from 广 (cave) and 郭 (enclosure). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2342.

Keyword
licensed quarters
RTK frame
2342
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くるわ, とりで
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
enclosure, лицензированные кварталы
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
廓 broad

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 广 cave
  2. 郭 enclosure

How to find 廓 without knowing its reading

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

Open 廓 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.