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膏 = 月 + 高

膏 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ointment”. It is built from 月 (month) and 高 (tall). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2931.

Keyword
ointment
RTK frame
2931
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あぶら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
fat, мазь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
膏 grease

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 高 tall

How to find 膏 without knowing its reading

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

Open 膏 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.