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猥 = 犭 + 畏
猥 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “indecent”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 畏 (apprehensive). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2425.
- Keyword
- indecent
- RTK frame
- 2425
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ワイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- みだ.ら, みだり.に
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- obscene, неприличный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 猥 vulgar
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 猥 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “apprehensive”. 猥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 猥 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.