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蒜 = 艹 + 示
蒜 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “garlic”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 示 (show). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2484.
- Keyword
- garlic
- RTK frame
- 2484
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にんにく, ひる, のびる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- чеснок
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 蒜 garlic
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 蒜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “show”. 蒜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 蒜 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.