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茨 = 艹 + 次

茨 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “briar”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 次 (next). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 511.

Keyword
briar
RTK frame
511
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ, ジ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いばら, かや, くさぶき
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
бриар
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
茨 thatching

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 次 next

How to find 茨 without knowing its reading

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

Open 茨 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.