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燎 = 尞 + 火
燎 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “watchfire”. It is built from 尞 (pup tent) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2595.
- Keyword
- watchfire
- RTK frame
- 2595
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かがりび
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- burn, огонь
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 燎 to burn
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 燎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pup tent” + “fire”. 燎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 燎 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.