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菰 = 孤 + 艹
菰 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rush mat”. It is built from 孤 (orphan) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2466.
- Keyword
- rush mat
- RTK frame
- 2466
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- こも, まこも
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- reed used for matting, коврик
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 菰 wild rice
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 菰 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “orphan” + “mugwort”. 菰 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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