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鋒 = 夆 + 金

鋒 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sword’s point”. It is built from 夆 (segway) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2790.

Keyword
sword’s point
RTK frame
2790
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きっさき, とかり, ほこさき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
dagger, точка меча
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鋒 point of spear

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 夆 segway
  2. 金 gold

How to find 鋒 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鋒 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.