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箔 = 泊 + 竹

箔 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “foil”. It is built from 泊 (overnight) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2678.

Keyword
foil
RTK frame
2678
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すだれ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фольга
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
箔 reed screen

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 泊 overnight
  2. 竹 bamboo

How to find 箔 without knowing its reading

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

Open 箔 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.