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染 = 九 + 水 + 木
染 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dye”. It is built from 九 (nine), 水 (water) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 548.
- Keyword
- dye
- RTK frame
- 548
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- そ.める, そ.まる, し.みる, し.み
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- краситель
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 染 dye
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 染 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nine” + “water” + “tree”. 染 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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