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粧 = 庄 + 米

粧 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cosmetics”. It is built from 庄 (shire) and 米 (rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 991.

Keyword
cosmetics
RTK frame
991
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
косметика
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
粧 toilet

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 庄 shire
  2. 米 rice

How to find 粧 without knowing its reading

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

Open 粧 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.