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湊 = 奏 + 水
湊 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “port”. It is built from 奏 (play music) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2402.
- Keyword
- port
- RTK frame
- 2402
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- みなと, あつ.まる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- порт
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 湊 piece together
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 湊 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “play music” + “water”. 湊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 湊 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.