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瀕 = 水 + 頻

瀕 is a Japanese kanji written with 20 strokes, listed here under the keyword “on the verge of”. It is built from 水 (water) and 頻 (repeatedly). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2399.

Keyword
on the verge of
RTK frame
2399
Strokes
20
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほとり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
shore, на грани
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
瀕 approach

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 頻 repeatedly

How to find 瀕 without knowing its reading

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

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