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鞠 = 革 + 米 + 勹

鞠 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “terminate”. It is built from 革 (leather), 米 (rice) and 勹 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2808.

Keyword
terminate
RTK frame
2808
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キク, キュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ball, прекращать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鞠 bow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 革 leather
  2. 米 rice
  3. 勹 bound up

How to find 鞠 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “leather” + “rice” + “bound up”. 鞠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鞠 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.