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準 = 十 + 水 + 隹

準 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “semi-”. It is built from 十 (ten), 水 (water) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 606.

Keyword
semi-
RTK frame
606
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
じゅん.じる, じゅん.ずる, なぞら.える, のり, ひと.しい, みずもり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
полу-
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
準 rule

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 十 ten
  2. 水 water
  3. 隹 short-tailed bird

How to find 準 without knowing its reading

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

Open 準 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.