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苑 = 夗 + 艹

苑 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “garden”. It is built from 夗 (mailbox) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1523.

Keyword
garden
RTK frame
1523
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エン, オン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
その, う.つ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сад
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
苑 pasture

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 夗 mailbox
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 苑 without knowing its reading

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

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