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姻 = 女 + 因

姻 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “matrimony”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 因 (cause). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 627.

Keyword
matrimony
RTK frame
627
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
брак
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
姻 relatives by marriage

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 因 cause

How to find 姻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “cause”. 姻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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