茅 — 8 strokes / Radical「艹」
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- On
- ボウ・ミョウぼう・みょう · bō · myō
- Kun
- かや・ちがやkaya · chigaya
- Meaning
- thatch reed
Stroke order
Origin
Grass with 矛 as phonetic: the grass used for thatching a roof.
Compounds
- 茅葺きかやぶき
thatched roof
- 茅屋ぼうおく
a humble thatched hut
- 茅かや
Example
茅葺きの屋根が残る集落だ。
It is a village where thatched roofs still remain.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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