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描 = 扌 + 苗

描 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sketch”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 苗 (seedling). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 723.

Keyword
sketch
RTK frame
723
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ビョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
えが.く, か.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
эскиз
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
描 copy

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 苗 seedling

How to find 描 without knowing its reading

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

Open 描 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.