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轡 = 口 + 糸 + 車

轡 is a Japanese kanji written with 22 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tinkling bell”. It is built from 口 (mouth), 糸 (thread) and 車 (car). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2970.

Keyword
tinkling bell
RTK frame
2970
Strokes
22
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くつわ, たづな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bit (horse), колокольчик
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
轡 bridle of horse

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 糸 thread
  3. 車 car

How to find 轡 without knowing its reading

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

Open 轡 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.