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歌 = 可 + 可 + 欠

歌 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “song”. It is built from 可 (can), 可 (can) and 欠 (lack). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 508.

Keyword
song
RTK frame
508
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うた, うた.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
песня
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
歌 song

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 可 can
  2. 可 can
  3. 欠 lack

How to find 歌 without knowing its reading

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

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