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釣 = 金 + 勺

釣 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “angling”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 勺 (ladle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 291.

Keyword
angling
RTK frame
291
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つ.る, つ.り, つ.り-
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
цепляться
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
釣 fish

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 勺 ladle

How to find 釣 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “ladle”. 釣 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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