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晒 = 西 + 日

晒 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bleaching”. It is built from 西 (west) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2521.

Keyword
bleaching
RTK frame
2521
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サイ, シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さら.す, さらし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bleach, отбеливание
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
晒 dry in sun

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 西 west
  2. 日 day

How to find 晒 without knowing its reading

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

Open 晒 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.