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書 = 日 + 聿
書 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “write”. It is built from 日 (day) and 聿 (brush). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 349.
- Keyword
- write
- RTK frame
- 349
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- か.く, -が.き, -がき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- писать
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 書 book
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 書 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “brush”. 書 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 書 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.