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唆 = 口 + 夋

唆 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tempt”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 夋 (streetwalker). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 828.

Keyword
tempt
RTK frame
828
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そそ.る, そそのか.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
искушение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
唆 make mischief

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 夋 streetwalker

How to find 唆 without knowing its reading

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

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