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苡 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
イ・シ・ワい・し・わ · i · shi · wa
Kun
くさkusa
Meaning
used in the word for Job’s tears

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 以 as phonetic: written 薏苡, Job’s tears or adlay.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 薏苡よくい

    Job’s tears; adlay

  • 薏苡仁よくいにん

    the seed used as a drug

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

薏苡(よくい)仁(じん)を煎(せん)じて飲(の)む。

They boil the seed down and drink it.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

薏苡仁薏苡苡仁humani…薏used…艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…尸corpse已to cea…卮goblet朿a thor…豕a pig
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading イAll maps

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