雑 = 木 + 隹 + 九

雑 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “miscellaneous”. It is built from 木 (tree), 隹 (short-tailed bird) and 九 (nine). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 604.

Keyword: miscellaneous
RTK frame: 604
Strokes: 14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ザツ, ゾウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): まじ.える, まじ.る
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: разные
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 雑 mixed

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 雑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tree” + “short-tailed bird” + “nine”. 雑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雑 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.