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芳 = 方 + 艹
芳 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “perfumed”. It is built from 方 (direction) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 532.
- Keyword
- perfumed
- RTK frame
- 532
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かんば.しい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- perfume, парфюм
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 芳 fragrant
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 芳 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “direction” + “mugwort”. 芳 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 芳 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.