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渉 = 歩 + 水

渉 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ford”. It is built from 歩 (walk) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 398.

Keyword
ford
RTK frame
398
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わた.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
брод
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
渉 ford stream

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 歩 walk
  2. 水 water

How to find 渉 without knowing its reading

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

Open 渉 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.