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鰯 = 魚 + 弱

鰯 is a Japanese kanji written with 21 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sardine”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 弱 (weak). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2828.

Keyword
sardine
RTK frame
2828
Strokes
21
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いわし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сардина
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鰯 a sardine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 魚 fish
  2. 弱 weak

How to find 鰯 without knowing its reading

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

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