KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse

誼 = 宜 + 言

誼 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “familiarity”. It is built from 宜 (best regards) and 言 (say). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2751.

Keyword
familiarity
RTK frame
2751
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よしみ, よい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
friendship, знакомство
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
誼 friendship

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 宜 best regards
  2. 言 say

How to find 誼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “best regards” + “say”. 誼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 誼 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.