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鼾 = 干 + 鼻

鼾 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “snore”. It is built from 干 (dry) and 鼻 (nose). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2951.

Keyword
snore
RTK frame
2951
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いびき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
snoring, храп
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鼾 snore loudly

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 干 dry
  2. 鼻 nose

How to find 鼾 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鼾 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.