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旭 = 日 + 九
旭 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rising sun”. It is built from 日 (day) and 九 (nine). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 27.
- Keyword
- rising sun
- RTK frame
- 27
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キョク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あさひ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- восходящее солнце
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 旭 rising sun
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 旭 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “nine”. 旭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 旭 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.