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婿 = 女 + 胥

婿 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bridegroom”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 胥 (mutual). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 422.

Keyword
bridegroom
RTK frame
422
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
жених
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
婿 son-in-law

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 胥 mutual

How to find 婿 without knowing its reading

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

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