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裁 = 衣 + 𢦏
裁 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tailor”. It is built from 衣 (garment) and 𢦏 (harvest festival). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 424.
- Keyword
- tailor
- RTK frame
- 424
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- た.つ, さば.く
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- портной
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 裁 cut out
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 裁 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “garment” + “harvest festival”. 裁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 裁 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.