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滝 = 水 + 竜
滝 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “waterfall”. It is built from 水 (water) and 竜 (dragon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 576.
- Keyword
- waterfall
- RTK frame
- 576
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ロウ, ソウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- водопад
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 滝 onomatopoeic for the sound of falling rain
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 滝 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “dragon”. 滝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 滝 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.