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雄 = 厷 + 隹
雄 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “male”. It is built from 厷 (forearm) and 隹 (short-tailed bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 804.
- Keyword
- male
- RTK frame
- 804
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ユウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- お-, おす, おん
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- masculine, мужчина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 雄 male of species
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 雄 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “forearm” + “short-tailed bird”. 雄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 雄 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.