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澱 = 殿 + 水

澱 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sediment”. It is built from 殿 (mr.) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2395.

Keyword
sediment
RTK frame
2395
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
デン, テン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おり, ど.ろ, よど.み, よど.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
осадок
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
澱 sediment

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 殿 mr.
  2. 水 water

How to find 澱 without knowing its reading

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

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