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荘 = 艹 + 壮
荘 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “villa”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 壮 (robust). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 344.
- Keyword
- villa
- RTK frame
- 344
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ソウ, ショウ, チャン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ほうき, おごそ.か
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- вилла
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 荘 village
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 荘 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “robust”. 荘 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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