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虔 = 文 + 虍
虔 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “reserved”. It is built from 文 (sentence) and 虍 (tiger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2881.
- Keyword
- reserved
- RTK frame
- 2881
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つつし.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- respect, резервированный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 虔 act with reverence
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 虔 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sentence” + “tiger”. 虔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 虔 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.