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梁 = 水 + 刀 + 木 + 丶

梁 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “roofbeam”. It is built from 水 (water), 刀 (sword), 木 (tree) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2394.

Keyword
roofbeam
RTK frame
2394
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はり, うつばり, うちばり, やな, はし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
weir, балка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
梁 bridge

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 刀 sword
  3. 木 tree
  4. 丶 dot

How to find 梁 without knowing its reading

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

Open 梁 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.