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噸 = 口 + 頓

噸 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ton”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 頓 (immediate). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2956.

Keyword
ton
RTK frame
2956
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
tonnage, тонна
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
噸 ton (metric or english)

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 頓 immediate

How to find 噸 without knowing its reading

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

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