埴 = 土 + 直

埴 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “soil with large clay content”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 直 (straight).

Keyword: soil with large clay content
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhí
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: почва с большим содержанием глины
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 埴 clay

Decomposition

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土 soil
直 straight

How to find 埴 without knowing its reading

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

Open 埴 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.