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鉱 = 金 + 広

鉱 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mineral”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 広 (wide). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 802.

Keyword
mineral
RTK frame
802
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あらがね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
минерал
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鉱 mine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 広 wide

How to find 鉱 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鉱 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.