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莨 = 良 + 艹

莨 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tobacco”. It is built from 良 (good) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2435.

Keyword
tobacco
RTK frame
2435
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たばこ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
табак
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
莨 herb

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 良 good
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 莨 without knowing its reading

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

Open 莨 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.