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茂 = 戊 + 艹

茂 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “overgrown”. It is built from 戊 (parade) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 384.

Keyword
overgrown
RTK frame
384
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しげ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заросший
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
茂 thick

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 戊 parade
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 茂 without knowing its reading

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

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