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鴎 = 区 + 鳥

鴎 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “seagull”. It is built from 区 (ward) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2843.

Keyword
seagull
RTK frame
2843
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
オウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かもめ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
чайка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鴎 seagull

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 区 ward
  2. 鳥 bird

How to find 鴎 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鴎 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.