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被 = 皮 + 衤
被 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “incur”. It is built from 皮 (pelt) and 衤 (cloak). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 870.
- Keyword
- incur
- RTK frame
- 870
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- こうむ.る, おお.う, かぶ.る, かぶ.せる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- совершать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 被 passive indicator 'by'
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 被 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pelt” + “cloak”. 被 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 被 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.