茜 = 艹 + 西

茜 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “madder”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 西 (west(ern)).

Keyword: madder
Pinyin (Mandarin): qiàn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: madder, rubia cordifolia, маддер, рубия кордифолия, rubia cordifolia
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 茜 madder red

Decomposition

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艹 grass
西 west(ern)

How to find 茜 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “west(ern)”. 茜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 茜 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.