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憎 = 曽 + 忄
憎 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hate”. It is built from 曽 (formerly) and 忄 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 673.
- Keyword
- hate
- RTK frame
- 673
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ゾウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にく.む, にく.い, にく.らしい, にく.しみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ненависть
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 憎 hate
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 憎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “formerly” + “heart”. 憎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 憎 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.