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雉 = 矢 + 隹

雉 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pheasant”. It is built from 矢 (dart) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2630. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
pheasant
RTK frame
2630
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジ, チ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фазан
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
雉 pheasant

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 矢 dart
  2. 隹 short-tailed bird

Characters that contain 雉

How to find 雉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dart” + “short-tailed bird”. 雉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雉 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.