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哉 = 口 + 𢦏
哉 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “i wonder”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 𢦏 (harvest festival). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2741.
- Keyword
- i wonder
- RTK frame
- 2741
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かな, や
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- how, интересно
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 哉 final exclamatory particle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 哉 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “harvest festival”. 哉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 哉 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.