菰 = 艹 + 孤

菰 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “wild rice”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 孤 (orphan).

Keyword: wild rice
Pinyin (Mandarin): gū
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: дикий рис
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菰 rush mat

Decomposition

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艹 grass
孤 orphan

How to find 菰 without knowing its reading

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

Open 菰 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.