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聾 = 耳 + 龍

聾 is a Japanese kanji written with 22 strokes, listed here under the keyword “deafness”. It is built from 耳 (ear) and 龍 (dragon (old)). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2987.

Keyword
deafness
RTK frame
2987
Strokes
22
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ろう.する, つんぼ, みみしい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
глухота
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
聾 deaf

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 耳 ear
  2. 龍 dragon (old)

How to find 聾 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ear” + “dragon (old)”. 聾 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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