茨 = 艹 + 次

茨 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “thatching”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 次 (order).

Keyword: thatching
Pinyin (Mandarin): cí
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: зуд
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 茨 briar

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
次 order

How to find 茨 without knowing its reading

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

Open 茨 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.