壮 = 士 + 丬

壮 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “robust”. It is built from 士 (gentleman) and 丬 (turtle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 343. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: robust
RTK frame: 343
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): さかん
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: крепкий
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 壮 big

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 壮

How to find 壮 without knowing its reading

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

Open 壮 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.