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竪 = 立 + 臤

竪 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “longness”. It is built from 立 (stand up) and 臤 (loincloth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2663.

Keyword
longness
RTK frame
2663
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たて, た.てる, こども
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
length, долгота
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
竪 perpendicular

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 立 stand up
  2. 臤 loincloth

How to find 竪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stand up” + “loincloth”. 竪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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