KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse
鉛 = 㕣 + 金
鉛 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lead (metal)”. It is built from 㕣 (gully) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 857.
- Keyword
- lead (metal)
- RTK frame
- 857
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- エン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- なまり
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- lead, свинец (металл)
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鉛 lead (element 82
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鉛 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gully” + “gold”. 鉛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鉛 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.