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粒 = 米 + 立

粒 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “grains”. It is built from 米 (rice) and 立 (stand up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 990.

Keyword
grains
RTK frame
990
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つぶ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
зерно
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
粒 grain

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 米 rice
  2. 立 stand up

How to find 粒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice” + “stand up”. 粒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 粒 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.