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茎 = 圣 + 艹
茎 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stalk”. It is built from 圣 (spool) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 772.
- Keyword
- stalk
- RTK frame
- 772
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケイ, キョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くき
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- стебель
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 茎 stem
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 茎 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “spool” + “mugwort”. 茎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 茎 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.