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渓 = 水 + 爪 + 夫

渓 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mountain stream”. It is built from 水 (water), 爪 (claw) and 夫 (husband). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 903.

Keyword
mountain stream
RTK frame
903
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たに, たにがわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
горный поток
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
渓 mountain stream

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 爪 claw
  3. 夫 husband

How to find 渓 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “claw” + “husband”. 渓 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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