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葺 = 口 + 耳 + 艹
葺 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shingling”. It is built from 口 (mouth), 耳 (ear) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2473.
- Keyword
- shingling
- RTK frame
- 2473
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あし, ふ.く, ふき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- thatch, скрежет
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 葺 thatch
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 葺 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “ear” + “mugwort”. 葺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 葺 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.