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羨 = 欠 + 水 + 羊
羨 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “envious”. It is built from 欠 (lack), 水 (water) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 592.
- Keyword
- envious
- RTK frame
- 592
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン, エン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うらや.む, あまり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- завистливый
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 羨 envy
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 羨 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lack” + “water” + “sheep”. 羨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 羨 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.