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茸 = 耳 + 艹

茸 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mushroom”. It is built from 耳 (ear) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2475.

Keyword
mushroom
RTK frame
2475
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ, ニュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きのこ, たけ, しげ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
гриб
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
茸 soft

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 耳 ear
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 茸 without knowing its reading

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

Open 茸 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.