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芹 = 斤 + 艹

芹 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “parsley”. It is built from 斤 (ax) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2477.

Keyword
parsley
RTK frame
2477
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
せり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
петрушка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芹 celery

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 斤 ax
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 芹 without knowing its reading

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

Open 芹 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.