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苔 = 台 + 艹

苔 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “moss”. It is built from 台 (pedestal) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2443.

Keyword
moss
RTK frame
2443
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こけ, こけら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мох
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
苔 moss

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 台 pedestal
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 苔 without knowing its reading

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

Open 苔 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.