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泌 = 必 + 水

泌 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ooze”. It is built from 必 (invariably) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 686.

Keyword
ooze
RTK frame
686
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヒツ, ヒ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
слизь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
泌 to seep out

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 必 invariably
  2. 水 water

How to find 泌 without knowing its reading

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

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