醤 = 将 + 酉

醤 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “soy sauce”. It is built from 将 (leader) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2774.

Keyword: soy sauce
RTK frame: 2774
Strokes: 17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ひしお
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: a kind of miso, соевый соус
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 醤 any jam-like or paste-like food

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 醤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leader” + “sign of the bird”. 醤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 醤 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.