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狸 = 犭 + 里

狸 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “racoon dog”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 里 (ri). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2427.

Keyword
racoon dog
RTK frame
2427
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リ, ライ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たぬき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
tanuki, енотовидная собака
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
狸 fox

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 里 ri

How to find 狸 without knowing its reading

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

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