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蘇 = 禾 + 魚 + 艹

蘇 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “resurrect”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 魚 (fish) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2463.

Keyword
resurrect
RTK frame
2463
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソ, ス
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よみがえ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
be resuscitated, воскресение
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
蘇 revive

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 魚 fish
  3. 艹 mugwort

How to find 蘇 without knowing its reading

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

Open 蘇 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.