荸 = 艹 + 孛

荸 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “water chestnut”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 孛 (comet).

Keyword: water chestnut
Pinyin (Mandarin): bí
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: водяной каштан

Decomposition

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艹 grass
孛 comet

How to find 荸 without knowing its reading

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

Open 荸 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.