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菱 = 夌 + 艹
菱 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “diamond”. It is built from 夌 (mao) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1635.
- Keyword
- diamond
- RTK frame
- 1635
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- diamond (shape), алмаз
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 菱 water-chestnut
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 菱 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mao” + “mugwort”. 菱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 菱 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.