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湛 = 水 + 甚

湛 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “inundate”. It is built from 水 (water) and 甚 (tremendously). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2409.

Keyword
inundate
RTK frame
2409
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン, チン, ジン, セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しず.む, たた.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fill, затопленный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
湛 deep

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 甚 tremendously

How to find 湛 without knowing its reading

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

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