冥 = 冖 + 日 + 六

冥 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hades”. It is built from 冖 (cover), 日 (day) and 六 (six). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 322. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: hades
RTK frame: 322
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): メイ, ミョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): くら.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: dark, пчелы
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 冥 dark

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 冥

How to find 冥 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cover” + “day” + “six”. 冥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 冥 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.