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妖 = 夭 + 女
妖 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bewitched”. It is built from 夭 (sapling) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 458.
- Keyword
- bewitched
- RTK frame
- 458
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヨウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あや.しい, なま.めく, わざわ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- attractive, заколдованный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 妖 strange
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 妖 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sapling” + “woman”. 妖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 妖 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.