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爺 = 父 + 耶
爺 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “grandpa”. It is built from 父 (father) and 耶 (exclamation). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2423.
- Keyword
- grandpa
- RTK frame
- 2423
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヤ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- じい, じじい, おやじ, じじ, ちち
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- old man, дедушка
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 爺 father
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 爺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “father” + “exclamation”. 爺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 爺 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.