菖 = 艹 + 昌

菖 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “iris”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 昌 (light of sun).

Keyword: iris
Pinyin (Mandarin): chāng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: iris, sweet flag, calamus, ирис, каламус, сладкий флаг, sweet flag, calamus
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菖 iris

Decomposition

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艹 grass
昌 light of sun

How to find 菖 without knowing its reading

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

Open 菖 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.