芡 = 艹 + 欠

芡 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “plant allied to the waterlily”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 欠 (owe).

Keyword: plant allied to the waterlily
Pinyin (Mandarin): qiàn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: растение, связанное с водяной лилией

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
欠 owe

How to find 芡 without knowing its reading

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

Open 芡 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.