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蒼 = 艹 + 倉

蒼 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pale blue”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 倉 (godown). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2479.

Keyword
pale blue
RTK frame
2479
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あお.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
blue, бледно-синий
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
蒼 blue

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 倉 godown

How to find 蒼 without knowing its reading

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

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