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淫 = 水 + 爪 + 壬
淫 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lewd”. It is built from 水 (water), 爪 (claw) and 壬 (porter). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 788.
- Keyword
- lewd
- RTK frame
- 788
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- イン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひた.す, ほしいまま, みだ.ら, みだ.れる, みだり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- lewdness, непристойный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 淫 obscene
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 淫 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “claw” + “porter”. 淫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 淫 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.