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鸚 = 嬰 + 鳥

鸚 is a Japanese kanji written with 28 strokes, listed here under the keyword “parakeet”. It is built from 嬰 (suckling infant) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2845.

Keyword
parakeet
RTK frame
2845
Strokes
28
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イン, オウ, ヨウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
parrot, попугай
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鸚 parrot

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 嬰 suckling infant
  2. 鳥 bird

How to find 鸚 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鸚 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.