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臥 = 臣 + 人
臥 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “supinate”. It is built from 臣 (retainer) and 人 (person). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2918.
- Keyword
- supinate
- RTK frame
- 2918
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ガ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふせ.る, ふ.せる, ふ.す
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- bend down, супинат
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 臥 lie down
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 臥 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “retainer” + “person”. 臥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 臥 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.