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痰 = 炎 + 疒

痰 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “phlegm”. It is built from 炎 (inflammation) and 疒 (sickness radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2623.

Keyword
phlegm
RTK frame
2623
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
sputum, мокрота
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
痰 phlegm

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 炎 inflammation
  2. 疒 sickness radical

How to find 痰 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “inflammation” + “sickness radical”. 痰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 痰 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.