藤 = 艹 + 月 + 龹 + 氺

藤 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wisteria”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 月 (month), 龹 (quarter) and 氺 (grains of rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1295.

Keyword: wisteria
RTK frame: 1295
Strokes: 18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): トウ, ドウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ふじ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: глицерия
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 藤 rattan

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 藤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “month” + “quarter”. 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.