菌 = 艹 + 囷

菌 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mushroom”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 囷 (round-shaped storage bin for grain).

Keyword: mushroom
Pinyin (Mandarin): jūn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: гриб
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菌 germ

Decomposition

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艹 grass
囷 round-shaped storage bin for grain

How to find 菌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “round-shaped storage bin for grain”. 菌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 菌 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.