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鰭 = 魚 + 日 + 老 + 匕

鰭 is a Japanese kanji written with 21 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fish fin”. It is built from 魚 (fish), 日 (day), 老 (old man) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2842.

Keyword
fish fin
RTK frame
2842
Strokes
21
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キ, ギ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひれ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fin, рыбий плавник
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鰭 fin

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 魚 fish
  2. 日 day
  3. 老 old man
  4. 匕 spoon

How to find 鰭 without knowing its reading

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

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