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姫 = 女 + 臣
姫 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “princess”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 臣 (retainer). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 912.
- Keyword
- princess
- RTK frame
- 912
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひめ, ひめ-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- принцесса
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 姫 beauty
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 姫 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “retainer”. 姫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 姫 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.