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嘲 = 口 + 朝

嘲 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “derision”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 朝 (morning). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 54.

Keyword
derision
RTK frame
54
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョウ, トウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あざけ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ridicule, насмешка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
嘲 ridicule

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 朝 morning

How to find 嘲 without knowing its reading

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

Open 嘲 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.