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茜 = 西 + 艹
茜 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “madder red”. It is built from 西 (west) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2487.
- Keyword
- madder red
- RTK frame
- 2487
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あかね
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- madder, красный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 茜 madder
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 茜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “west” + “mugwort”. 茜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 茜 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.