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葱 = 艹 + 匆 + 心
葱 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “onion”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 匆 (hasty) and 心 (heart). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2471.
- Keyword
- onion
- RTK frame
- 2471
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ソウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ねぎ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- stone leek, лук
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 葱 scallions
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 葱 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “hasty” + “heart”. 葱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 葱 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.