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釘 = 丁 + 金

釘 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nail”. It is built from 丁 (street) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2788.

Keyword
nail
RTK frame
2788
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テイ, チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くぎ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
гвоздь
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
釘 nail

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 丁 street
  2. 金 gold

How to find 釘 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “street” + “gold”. 釘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 釘 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.