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蕨 = 欠 + 丷 + 厂 + 屮 + 艹

蕨 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bracken”. It is built from 欠 (lack), 丷 (horns), 厂 (cliff), 屮 (mountain goat with horns missing) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2485.

Keyword
bracken
RTK frame
2485
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わらび
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
скобка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蕨 pteris aquilina

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 欠 lack
  2. 丷 horns
  3. 厂 cliff
  4. 屮 mountain goat with horns missing
  5. 艹 mugwort

How to find 蕨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lack” + “horns” + “cliff”. 蕨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蕨 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.