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芥 = 艹 + 介
芥 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mustard”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 介 (jammed in). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2459.
- Keyword
- mustard
- RTK frame
- 2459
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カイ, ケ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- からし, ごみ, あくた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- горчица
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 芥 mustard plant
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 芥 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “jammed in”. 芥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 芥 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.