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猾 = 犭 + 骨

猾 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sly”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 骨 (skeleton). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2424.

Keyword
sly
RTK frame
2424
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わるがしこ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
crafty, хитрый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
猾 crafty

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 骨 skeleton

How to find 猾 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “skeleton”. 猾 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 猾 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.