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殊 = 歹 + 朱

殊 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “particularly”. It is built from 歹 (death) and 朱 (vermilion). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 873.

Keyword
particularly
RTK frame
873
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こと
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
особенно
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
殊 different

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 歹 death
  2. 朱 vermilion

How to find 殊 without knowing its reading

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

Open 殊 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.