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襖 = 衤 + 奥

襖 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sliding door”. It is built from 衤 (cloak) and 奥 (core). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2671.

Keyword
sliding door
RTK frame
2671
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふすま, あお
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
opaque sliding door, раздвижная дверь
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
襖 outer garments

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 衤 cloak
  2. 奥 core

How to find 襖 without knowing its reading

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

Open 襖 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.