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蔽 = 敝 + 艹

蔽 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cover over”. It is built from 敝 (shredder) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1119.

Keyword
cover over
RTK frame
1119
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘイ, ヘツ, フツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
おお.う, おお.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
cover, покрывать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蔽 cover

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 敝 shredder
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 蔽 without knowing its reading

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

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