荻 = 艹 + 狄

荻 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “reed”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 狄 (tribe from northern china).

Keyword: reed
Pinyin (Mandarin): dí
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: reed, miscanthus sacchariflorus, miscanthus sacchariflorus, рид
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 荻 reed

Decomposition

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艹 grass
狄 tribe from northern china

How to find 荻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “tribe from northern china”. 荻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 荻 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.