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苅 = 刈 + 艹

苅 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mow”. It is built from 刈 (reap) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2470.

Keyword
mow
RTK frame
2470
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガイ, カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
cutting (grass), коса
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
苅 cut off

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 刈 reap
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 苅 without knowing its reading

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

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