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菌 = 禾 + 囗 + 艹

菌 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “germ”. It is built from 禾 (grain), 囗 (enclosure) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 985.

Keyword
germ
RTK frame
985
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
микроб
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
菌 mushroom

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 禾 grain
  2. 囗 enclosure
  3. 艹 mugwort

How to find 菌 without knowing its reading

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

Open 菌 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.