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曳 = 乙 + 日

曳 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tow”. It is built from 乙 (fish guts) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2863. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
tow
RTK frame
2863
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
pull, буксировать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
曳 trail

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 乙 fish guts
  2. 日 day

Characters that contain 曳

How to find 曳 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish guts” + “day”. 曳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 曳 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.