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葦 = 艹 + 韋
葦 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ditch reed”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 韋 (tanned leather). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2491.
- Keyword
- ditch reed
- RTK frame
- 2491
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- イ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あし, よし, しお.れる, しな.びる, しぼ.む, な.える
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- reed, канава тростник
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 葦 reed
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 葦 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “tanned leather”. 葦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 葦 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.