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蚤 = 㕚 + 虫
蚤 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “flea”. It is built from 㕚 (crossed claw) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2721.
- Keyword
- flea
- RTK frame
- 2721
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- のみ, はやい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- блоха
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 蚤 flea
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蚤 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “crossed claw” + “insect”. 蚤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蚤 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.