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荷 = 何 + 艹

荷 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “baggage”. It is built from 何 (what) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1088.

Keyword
baggage
RTK frame
1088
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
に
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
багаж
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
荷 lotus

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 何 what
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 荷 without knowing its reading

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

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