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碓 = 石 + 隹
碓 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mill”. It is built from 石 (stone) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2642.
- Keyword
- mill
- RTK frame
- 2642
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カク, タイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たし.か, かく.たる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- pestle, мель
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 碓 pestle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 碓 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stone” + “short-tailed bird”. 碓 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 碓 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.