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霞 = 雨 + 叚

霞 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “haze”. It is built from 雨 (rain) and 叚 (borrow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2800.

Keyword
haze
RTK frame
2800
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ, ゲ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かすみ, かす.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
be hazy, туман
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
霞 rosy clouds

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 叚 borrow

How to find 霞 without knowing its reading

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

Open 霞 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.