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灘 = 水 + 難

灘 is a Japanese kanji written with 21 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rough seas”. It is built from 水 (water) and 難 (difficult). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2412.

Keyword
rough seas
RTK frame
2412
Strokes
21
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン, ダン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
なだ, せ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
open sea, грубые моря
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
灘 bank

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 難 difficult

How to find 灘 without knowing its reading

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

Open 灘 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.