酋 = 酉 + 丷

酋 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chieftain”. It is built from 酉 (sign of the bird) and 丷 (horns). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2915. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: chieftain
RTK frame: 2915
Strokes: 9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シュウ, ジュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): おさ, ふるざけ, さけのつかさ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: molotov cocktail, вождь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 酋 chief of tribe

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 酋

How to find 酋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the bird” + “horns”. 酋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酋 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.