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鹵 = 卜 + 囗

鹵 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rocksalt”. It is built from 卜 (divining rod) and 囗 (enclosure). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2879. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
rocksalt
RTK frame
2879
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しお, しおち, たて
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
salt, каменная соль
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鹵 saline soil

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卜 divining rod
  2. 囗 enclosure

Characters that contain 鹵

How to find 鹵 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “divining rod” + “enclosure”. 鹵 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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