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殉 = 旬 + 歹

殉 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “martyrdom”. It is built from 旬 (decameron) and 歹 (death). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 872.

Keyword
martyrdom
RTK frame
872
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мученичество
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
殉 die for cause

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 旬 decameron
  2. 歹 death

How to find 殉 without knowing its reading

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

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