朔 = 屰 + 月

朔 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “first day of the month”. It is built from 屰 (mountain goat) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2862. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: first day of the month
RTK frame: 2862
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): サク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ついたち
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: conjunction (astronomy), первый день месяца
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 朔 first day of lunar month

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 朔

How to find 朔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain goat” + “month”. 朔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 朔 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.