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芯 = 心 + 艹

芯 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wick”. It is built from 心 (heart) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 647.

Keyword
wick
RTK frame
647
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фитиль
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芯 pith from rush (juncus effusus)

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 心 heart
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 芯 without knowing its reading

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

Open 芯 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.