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飴 = 台 + 食

飴 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweets”. It is built from 台 (pedestal) and 食 (eat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2817.

Keyword
sweets
RTK frame
2817
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イ, シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あめ, やしな.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
rice jelly, сладости
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
飴 sweet-meats

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 台 pedestal
  2. 食 eat

How to find 飴 without knowing its reading

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

Open 飴 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.