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菅 = 艹 + 官
菅 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sedge”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 官 (bureaucrat). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2490.
- Keyword
- sedge
- RTK frame
- 2490
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カン, ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すげ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- осадка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 菅 coarse grass
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 菅 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “bureaucrat”. 菅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 菅 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.