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蝦 = 虫 + 叚
蝦 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shrimp”. It is built from 虫 (insect) and 叚 (borrow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2728.
- Keyword
- shrimp
- RTK frame
- 2728
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カ, ゲ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- えび
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- креветки
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 蝦 shrimp
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蝦 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insect” + “borrow”. 蝦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蝦 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.