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淑 = 水 + 叔

淑 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “graceful”. It is built from 水 (water) and 叔 (uncle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 778.

Keyword
graceful
RTK frame
778
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しと.やか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
изящный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
淑 good

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 叔 uncle

How to find 淑 without knowing its reading

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

Open 淑 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.