鼠 = 臼

鼠 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mouse”. It is built from 臼 (mortar). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2856.

Keyword: mouse
RTK frame: 2856
Strokes: 13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソ, ショ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ねずみ, ねず
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: rat, мышь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 鼠 rat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

臼 mortar

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