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莖 = 艹 + 巠

莖 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “stem”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 巠 (streams running underground).

Keyword
stem
Pinyin (Mandarin)
jīng
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
stem, stalk, стебель, stalk

Decomposition

ids

  1. 艹 grass
  2. 巠 streams running underground

How to find 莖 without knowing its reading

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

Open 莖 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.