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瞳 = 目 + 童
瞳 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pupil”. It is built from 目 (eye) and 童 (juvenile). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 469.
- Keyword
- pupil
- RTK frame
- 469
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ドウ, トウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひとみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- pupil (of eye), ученик
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 瞳 pupil of eye
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 瞳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eye” + “juvenile”. 瞳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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