芥 = 艹 + 介

芥 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mustard plant”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 介 (forerunner).

Keyword: mustard plant
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiè
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: горчичное растение
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 芥 mustard

Decomposition

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艹 grass
介 forerunner

How to find 芥 without knowing its reading

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

Open 芥 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.