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舌 = 千 + 口

舌 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tongue”. It is built from 千 (thousand) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 41. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword

tongue

RTK frame

41

Strokes

6

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ゼツ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

した

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

язык

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

舌 tongue

Decomposition

Characters that contain 舌

• 乱 riot
• 活 lively
• 話 tale
• 憩 recess
• 括 fasten
• 辞 resign
• 筈 should

How to find 舌 without knowing its reading

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

Open 舌 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.