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穎 = 禾 + 頁 + 匕
穎 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “brush tip”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 頁 (page) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2810.
- Keyword
- brush tip
- RTK frame
- 2810
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- エイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ほさき, のぎ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- heads of grain, щекотка
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 穎 rice tassel
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 穎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “page” + “spoon”. 穎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 穎 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.