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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
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.
Open 蔽 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.