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甥 = 生 + 男

甥 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nephew”. It is built from 生 (life) and 男 (man). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2919.

Keyword
nephew
RTK frame
2919
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ, ソウ, ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おい, むこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
племянник
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
甥 niece

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 生 life
  2. 男 man

How to find 甥 without knowing its reading

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

Open 甥 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.