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硫 = 㐬 + 石

硫 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sulfur”. It is built from 㐬 (lifebelt) and 石 (stone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 825.

Keyword
sulfur
RTK frame
825
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リュウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
sulphur, сера
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
硫 sulfur (element 16

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㐬 lifebelt
  2. 石 stone

How to find 硫 without knowing its reading

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

Open 硫 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.