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詩 = 言 + 寺
詩 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “poem”. It is built from 言 (say) and 寺 (buddhist temple). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 370.
- Keyword
- poem
- RTK frame
- 370
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- стих
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 詩 poetry
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 詩 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “say” + “buddhist temple”. 詩 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 詩 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.