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腎 = 月 + 臤

腎 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “kidney”. It is built from 月 (month) and 臤 (loincloth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 916.

Keyword
kidney
RTK frame
916
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
почка
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
腎 kidneys

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 臤 loincloth

How to find 腎 without knowing its reading

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

Open 腎 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.