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鋤 = 助 + 金

鋤 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “plow”. It is built from 助 (help) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2781.

Keyword
plow
RTK frame
2781
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョ, ショ, ソ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
す.く, すき, くわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
spade up, плуг
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鋤 hoe

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 助 help
  2. 金 gold

How to find 鋤 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鋤 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.