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黍 = 禾 + 人 + 氺
黍 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “millet”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 人 (person) and 氺 (grains of rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2651.
- Keyword
- millet
- RTK frame
- 2651
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きび
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- просо
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 黍 glutinous millet
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 黍 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “person” + “grains of rice”. 黍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 黍 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.