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錮 = 金 + 固
錮 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “weld”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 固 (harden). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 623.
- Keyword
- weld
- RTK frame
- 623
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ふさ.ぐ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- confinement, сварить
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 錮 run metal into cracks
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 錮 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “harden”. 錮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 錮 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.