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翔 = 羽 + 羊

翔 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “soar”. It is built from 羽 (feathers) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2940.

Keyword
soar
RTK frame
2940
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かけ.る, と.ぶ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
парить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
翔 soar

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 羽 feathers
  2. 羊 sheep

How to find 翔 without knowing its reading

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

Open 翔 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.