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括 = 扌 + 舌

括 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fasten”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 舌 (tongue). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 714.

Keyword
fasten
RTK frame
714
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くく.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
крепить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
括 include

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 舌 tongue

How to find 括 without knowing its reading

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

Open 括 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.