藤 = 艹 + 滕

藤 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “rattan”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 滕 (an ancient state in shandong province).

Keyword: rattan
Pinyin (Mandarin): téng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: rattan, cane, ротанг, трость, cane
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 藤 wisteria

Decomposition

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艹 grass
滕 an ancient state in shandong province

How to find 藤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “an ancient state in shandong province”. 藤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 藤 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.