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鰻 = 曼 + 魚

鰻 is a Japanese kanji written with 22 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eel”. It is built from 曼 (mandala) and 魚 (fish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2826.

Keyword
eel
RTK frame
2826
Strokes
22
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マン, バン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うなぎ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
угорь
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鰻 eel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 曼 mandala
  2. 魚 fish

How to find 鰻 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鰻 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.