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苓 = 令 + 艹

苓 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cocklebur”. It is built from 令 (orders) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2465.

Keyword
cocklebur
RTK frame
2465
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ, リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みみなぐさ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
plant, пеклабур
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
苓 fungus

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 令 orders
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 苓 without knowing its reading

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

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