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輿 = 臼 + 車 + 八
輿 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “palanquin”. It is built from 臼 (mortar), 車 (car) and 八 (eight). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2874.
- Keyword
- palanquin
- RTK frame
- 2874
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヨ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かご, こし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- паланкин
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 輿 cart
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 輿 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mortar” + “car” + “eight”. 輿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 輿 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.