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注 = 主 + 水

注 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pour”. It is built from 主 (lord) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 285.

Keyword
pour
RTK frame
285
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そそ.ぐ, さ.す, つ.ぐ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заливать
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
注 concentrate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 主 lord
  2. 水 water

How to find 注 without knowing its reading

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

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