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隕 = 員 + 阝

隕 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “falling”. It is built from 員 (employee) and 阝 (pinnacle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2504.

Keyword
falling
RTK frame
2504
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イン, エン, ウン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おち.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fall, падение
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
隕 fall

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 員 employee
  2. 阝 pinnacle

How to find 隕 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “employee” + “pinnacle”. 隕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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