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乖 = 北 + 千

乖 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “disobey”. It is built from 北 (north) and 千 (thousand). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2924.

Keyword
disobey
RTK frame
2924
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そむ.く, もとる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
oppose, непослушание
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
乖 rebel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 北 north
  2. 千 thousand

How to find 乖 without knowing its reading

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

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