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叱 = 口 + 匕

叱 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “scold”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 477.

Keyword
scold
RTK frame
477
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シツ, シチ, カ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しか.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ругать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
叱 scold

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 匕 spoon

How to find 叱 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “spoon”. 叱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 叱 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.