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茄 = 加 + 艹

茄 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “eggplant”. It is built from 加 (add) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2456.

Keyword
eggplant
RTK frame
2456
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
баклажаны
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
茄 eggplant

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 加 add
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 茄 without knowing its reading

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

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