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患 = 串 + 心

患 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “afflicted”. It is built from 串 (shish kebab) and 心 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 650.

Keyword
afflicted
RTK frame
650
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わずら.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
страдающий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
患 suffer

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 串 shish kebab
  2. 心 heart

How to find 患 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shish kebab” + “heart”. 患 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 患 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.