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培 = 土 + 咅
培 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cultivate”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 咅 (muzzle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 516.
- Keyword
- cultivate
- RTK frame
- 516
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- バイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つちか.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- культивировать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 培 bank up with dirt
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 培 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “muzzle”. 培 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 培 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.