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醐 = 酉 + 胡

醐 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ghee”. It is built from 酉 (sign of the bird) and 胡 (uncivilized). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2776.

Keyword
ghee
RTK frame
2776
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴ, コ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
boiled butter, гхи
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
醐 purest cream

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 酉 sign of the bird
  2. 胡 uncivilized

How to find 醐 without knowing its reading

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

Open 醐 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.