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壌 = 㐮 + 土

壌 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lot”. It is built from 㐮 (grass skirt) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1649.

Keyword
lot
RTK frame
1649
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
つち
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
много
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
壌 soil

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㐮 grass skirt
  2. 土 soil

How to find 壌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass skirt” + “soil”. 壌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 壌 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.