芝 = 艹 + 之

芝 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sesame”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 之 (marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase). It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword: sesame
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: кунжут
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 芝 turf

Decomposition

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艹 grass
之 marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase

Characters that contain 芝

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How to find 芝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase”. 芝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 芝 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.