葽 = 艹 + 要

葽 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “type of grain”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 要 (necessary).

Keyword: type of grain
Pinyin (Mandarin): yāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: type of grain, polygala japonica, полигала японика, тип зерна, polygala japonica

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
要 necessary

How to find 葽 without knowing its reading

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

Open 葽 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.