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稗 = 卑 + 禾

稗 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “crabgrass”. It is built from 卑 (lowly) and 禾 (grain). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2654.

Keyword
crabgrass
RTK frame
2654
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハイ, ヒ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひえ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
humble, крабграсс
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
稗 darnels

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卑 lowly
  2. 禾 grain

How to find 稗 without knowing its reading

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

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