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鋸 = 金 + 居
鋸 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hand saw”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 居 (reside). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2782.
- Keyword
- hand saw
- RTK frame
- 2782
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キョ, コ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- のこ, のこぎり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- saw (cuts wood), рука
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鋸 a saw
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鋸 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “reside”. 鋸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鋸 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.