菱 = 艹 + 夌

菱 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “water-chestnut”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 夌 (to dawdle).

Keyword: water-chestnut
Pinyin (Mandarin): líng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: water-chestnut, water caltrop, водяной кальтроп, водяной каштан, water caltrop
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菱 diamond

Decomposition

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艹 grass
夌 to dawdle

How to find 菱 without knowing its reading

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

Open 菱 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.