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薄 = 艹 + 水 + 尃
薄 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dilute”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 水 (water) and 尃 (acupuncturist). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 242.
- Keyword
- dilute
- RTK frame
- 242
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ハク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うす.い, うす-, -うす, うす.める, うす.まる, うす.らぐ, うす.ら-, うす.れる, すすき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- разбавлять
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 薄 thin
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 薄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “water” + “acupuncturist”. 薄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 薄 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.