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蕉 = 焦 + 艹

蕉 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “banana”. It is built from 焦 (char) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2453.

Keyword
banana
RTK frame
2453
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
банан
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蕉 banana

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 焦 char
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 蕉 without knowing its reading

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

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