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蔑 = 艹 + 罒 + 戍

蔑 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “revile”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 罒 (net) and 戍 (march). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 392.

Keyword
revile
RTK frame
392
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ベツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ないがしろ, なみ.する, くらい, さげす.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ignore, оскорблять
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
蔑 disdain

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 罒 net
  3. 戍 march

How to find 蔑 without knowing its reading

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

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