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蒐 = 艹 + 鬼

蒐 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “collector”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 鬼 (ghost). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2489.

Keyword
collector
RTK frame
2489
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あかね, あつ.まる, あつ.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
gather, коллекционер
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
蒐 collect

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 鬼 ghost

How to find 蒐 without knowing its reading

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

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