耶 = 耳 + ⻏

耶 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “exclamation”. It is built from 耳 (ear) and ⻏ (walls). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2720. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: exclamation
RTK frame: 2720
Strokes: 9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ヤ, ジャ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): か
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: question mark, восклицание
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 耶 used in transliteration

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 耶

How to find 耶 without knowing its reading

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

Open 耶 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.