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錨 = 苗 + 金
錨 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “anchor”. It is built from 苗 (seedling) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2787.
- Keyword
- anchor
- RTK frame
- 2787
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ビョウ, ミョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いかり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- якорь
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 錨 anchor
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 錨 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “seedling” + “gold”. 錨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 錨 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.