苇 = 艹 + 韦

苇 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “reed”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 韦 (tanned leather).

Keyword: reed
Pinyin (Mandarin): wěi
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: тростник

Decomposition

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艹 grass
韦 tanned leather

How to find 苇 without knowing its reading

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

Open 苇 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.