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唄 = 貝 + 口
唄 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pop song”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 57.
- Keyword
- pop song
- RTK frame
- 57
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- バイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うた, うた.う
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- song, песня
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 唄 final particle of assertion
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 唄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “mouth”. 唄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 唄 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.