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稽 = 禾 + 旨 + 尤

稽 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “training”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 旨 (delicious) and 尤 (understandably). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 983.

Keyword
training
RTK frame
983
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かんが.える, とど.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
think, обучение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
稽 examine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 旨 delicious
  3. 尤 understandably

How to find 稽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grain” + “delicious” + “understandably”. 稽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 稽 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.