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殻 = 士 + 冗 + 殳

殻 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “husk”. It is built from 士 (gentleman), 冗 (superfluous) and 殳 (weapon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 767.

Keyword
husk
RTK frame
767
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カク, コク, バイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
から, がら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
шелуха
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
殻 casing

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 士 gentleman
  2. 冗 superfluous
  3. 殳 weapon

How to find 殻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gentleman” + “superfluous” + “weapon”. 殻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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