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鴨 = 甲 + 鳥
鴨 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wild duck”. It is built from 甲 (armor) and 鳥 (bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2850.
- Keyword
- wild duck
- RTK frame
- 2850
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- オウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かも, あひる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- дикая утка
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鴨 duck
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鴨 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “armor” + “bird”. 鴨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鴨 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.