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浬 = 水 + 里

浬 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “nautical mile”. It is built from 水 (water) and 里 (ri). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2958.

Keyword
nautical mile
RTK frame
2958
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かいり, のっと
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
knot, морская миля
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
浬 nautical mile

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 里 ri

How to find 浬 without knowing its reading

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

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