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蕗 = 艹 + 路

蕗 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “butterbur”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 路 (path). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2455.

Keyword
butterbur
RTK frame
2455
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロ, ル
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ふき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бутерброд
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蕗 genus leucaena

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 路 path

How to find 蕗 without knowing its reading

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

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