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狐 = 犭 + 瓜
狐 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fox”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 瓜 (melon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2431.
- Keyword
- fox
- RTK frame
- 2431
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きつね
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- лисица
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 狐 fox
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 狐 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “melon”. 狐 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 狐 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.