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狽 = 犭 + 貝
狽 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “flustered”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2429.
- Keyword
- flustered
- RTK frame
- 2429
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケン, バイ, ハイ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- wolf, взволнованный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 狽 a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 狽 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “shellfish”. 狽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 狽 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.