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灼 = 勺 + 火
灼 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “refulgent”. It is built from 勺 (ladle) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2603.
- Keyword
- refulgent
- RTK frame
- 2603
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シャク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あらた, やく
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- miraculous, покорный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 灼 burn
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 灼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ladle” + “fire”. 灼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 灼 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.