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芝 = 艹 + 之

芝 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “turf”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 之 (of). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1301.

Keyword
turf
RTK frame
1301
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しば
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
трава
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芝 sesame

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 之 of

How to find 芝 without knowing its reading

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

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