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藁 = 艹 + 高 + 木
藁 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “straw”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 高 (tall) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2480.
- Keyword
- straw
- RTK frame
- 2480
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- わら
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- солома
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 藁 straw
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 藁 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “tall” + “tree”. 藁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 藁 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.