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販 = 貝 + 反

販 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “marketing”. It is built from 貝 (shellfish) and 反 (anti-). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 783.

Keyword
marketing
RTK frame
783
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
маркетинг
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
販 peddler

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 貝 shellfish
  2. 反 anti-

How to find 販 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shellfish” + “anti-”. 販 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 販 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.