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脆 = 危 + 月

脆 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fragile”. It is built from 危 (dangerous) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2533.

Keyword
fragile
RTK frame
2533
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゼイ, セイ, セツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
もろ.い, よわい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
brittle, хрупкий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
脆 crisp

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 危 dangerous
  2. 月 month

How to find 脆 without knowing its reading

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

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