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鵡 = 武 + 鳥

鵡 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “parrot”. It is built from 武 (warrior) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2846.

Keyword
parrot
RTK frame
2846
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ブ, ム
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
cockatoo, попугай
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鵡 species of parrot

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 武 warrior
  2. 鳥 bird

How to find 鵡 without knowing its reading

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

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