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袴 = 衤 + 大 + 于

袴 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pleated skirt”. It is built from 衤 (cloak), 大 (large) and 于 (potato). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2670.

Keyword
pleated skirt
RTK frame
2670
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コ, ク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はかま, ずぼん
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
men's formal divided skirt, юбка с мольбой
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
袴 pants

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 衤 cloak
  2. 大 large
  3. 于 potato

How to find 袴 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cloak” + “large” + “potato”. 袴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 袴 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.