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賊 = 貝 + 十 + 戈

賊 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “burglar”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish), 十 (ten) and 戈 (spear). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 381.

Keyword
burglar
RTK frame
381
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゾク
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
грабитель
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
賊 thief

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 貝 shellfish
  2. 十 ten
  3. 戈 spear

How to find 賊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “ten” + “spear”. 賊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 賊 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.