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蓑 = 艹 + 衰

蓑 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “straw raincoat”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 衰 (decline). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2442.

Keyword
straw raincoat
RTK frame
2442
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サ, サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みの
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
соломенный плащ
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蓑 rain coat made of straw

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 衰 decline

How to find 蓑 without knowing its reading

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

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