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肇 = 戸 + 攵 + 聿

肇 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “founding”. It is built from 戸 (door), 攵 (rap) and 聿 (brush). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2902.

Keyword
founding
RTK frame
2902
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ, ジョウ, トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はじ.める, はじめ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
beginning, основание
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肇 begin

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 戸 door
  2. 攵 rap
  3. 聿 brush

How to find 肇 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “door” + “rap” + “brush”. 肇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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