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黎 = 禾 + 勿 + 人 + 氺

黎 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tenebrous”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 勿 (not), 人 (person) and 氺 (grains of rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2942.

Keyword
tenebrous
RTK frame
2942
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ, リ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くろ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
dark, теневр
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
黎 surname

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 勿 not
  3. 人 person
  4. 氺 grains of rice

How to find 黎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “not” + “person”. 黎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 黎 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.