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胆 = 旦 + 月
胆 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gall bladder”. It is built from 旦 (nightbreak) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 31.
- Keyword
- gall bladder
- RTK frame
- 31
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- タン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- きも
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- жёлчный пузырь
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 胆 gall bladder
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 胆 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nightbreak” + “month”. 胆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 胆 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.