童 = 里 + 立

童 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “juvenile”. It is built from 里 (ri) and 立 (stand up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 468. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: juvenile
RTK frame: 468
Strokes: 12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ドウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): わらべ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: несовершеннолетний
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 童 child

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 童

How to find 童 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ri” + “stand up”. 童 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 童 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.