菅 = 艹 + 官

菅 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “coarse grass”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 官 (official).

Keyword: coarse grass
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: coarse grass, themedia forskalii, грубая трава, сми forskalii, themedia forskalii
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菅 sedge

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
官 official

How to find 菅 without knowing its reading

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

Open 菅 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.