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王 = 一 + 土
王 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “king”. It is built from 一 (one) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 271. It appears as a component in 43 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- king
- RTK frame
- 271
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- オウ, -ノウ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- jewel, ball, король
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 王 king
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 王
- 玉 jewel
- 珠 pearl
- 現 present
- 玩 toy
- 狂 lunatic
- 旺 effulgent
- 皇 emperor
- 呈 display
- 全 whole
- 理 logic
- 主 lord
- 金 gold
- 望 ambition
- 弄 tinker with
- 聖 holy
- 環 ring
- 徴 indications
- 球 ball
- 班 squad
- 釜 cauldron
- 瑠 marine blue
- 璃 crystal
- 琴 harp
- 潤 wet
- 珍 rare
- 斑 speckled
- 再 again
- 琳 chime
- 琉 lapis lazuli
- 瑳 burnish
- 琢 hone
- 珊 coral
- 瑚 coral reef
- 瑞 fortunate
- 玖 jet
- 瑛 crystal stone
- 玲 tinkling
- 碧 blue-green
- 匡 set straight
- 琵 biwa
…and 3 more. See them all in the interactive search.
How to find 王 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “one” + “soil”. 王 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 王 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.