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套 = 大 + 長 + 厶

套 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hackneyed”. It is built from 大 (large), 長 (long) and 厶 (elbow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2910.

Keyword
hackneyed
RTK frame
2910
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かさ.ねる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
accumulate, избитый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
套 case

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 大 large
  2. 長 long
  3. 厶 elbow

How to find 套 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “large” + “long” + “elbow”. 套 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 套 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.