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禎 = 礻 + 貞

禎 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “felicitation”. It is built from 礻 (leftside altar) and 貞 (upright). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2649.

Keyword
felicitation
RTK frame
2649
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さいわ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
happiness, поздравление
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
禎 lucky

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 礻 leftside altar
  2. 貞 upright

How to find 禎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leftside altar” + “upright”. 禎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 禎 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.