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苫 = 占 + 艹
苫 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “thatching”. It is built from 占 (fortune-telling) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2478.
- Keyword
- thatching
- RTK frame
- 2478
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とま
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- rush matting, зуд
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 苫 rush or straw matting
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 苫 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fortune-telling” + “mugwort”. 苫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 苫 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.