芻 = 勹 + 屮

芻 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hay”. It is built from 勹 (bound up) and 屮 (mountain goat with horns missing). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2229. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: hay
RTK frame: 2229
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): スウ, シュウ, ス
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): まぐさ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: grass cutting, сено
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 芻 mow

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 芻

How to find 芻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bound up” + “mountain goat with horns missing”. 芻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 芻 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.