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螺 = 累 + 虫
螺 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “screw”. It is built from 累 (accumulate) and 虫 (insect). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2730.
- Keyword
- screw
- RTK frame
- 2730
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ラ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にし, にな
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- small edible helical fresh-water mollusk, винтовка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 螺 spiral shell
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 螺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “accumulate” + “insect”. 螺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 螺 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.