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匕 = ノ + 乙
匕 is a Japanese kanji written with 2 strokes, listed here under the keyword “spoon”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 乙 (fish guts). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 476. It appears as a component in 22 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- spoon
- RTK frame
- 476
- Strokes
- 2
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- さじ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- sitting on the ground, ложка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 匕 spoon
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 匕
- 叱 scold
- 匂 aroma
- 頃 about that time
- 北 north
- 比 compare
- 旨 delicious
- 壱 i (one)
- 蛇 snake
- 死 death
- 化 change
- 尼 nun
- 老 old man
- 疑 doubt
- 能 ability
- 此 this here
- 牝 female animal
- 舵 rudder
- 穎 brush tip
- 鰭 fish fin
- 匙 wooden spoon
- 陀 steeply inclined
- 皀 silver
How to find 匕 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “fish guts”. 匕 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 匕 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.