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茅 — 8 strokes / Radical「艹」

道
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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

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass with 矛 as phonetic: the grass used for thatching a roof.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 茅葺きかやぶき

    thatched roof

  • 茅屋ぼうおく

    a humble thatched hut

More words with this kanji

  • 茅かや

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

茅葺(かやぶ)きの屋根(やね)が残(のこ)る集落(しゅうらく)だ。

It is a village where thatched roofs still remain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

茅屋茅葺き茅屋roof葺to tha…芥mustar…芙lotus苅mow芭banana…芹Japane…戊fifth…卯the Ra…牟low牡male孟eldest
CompoundRadicalReading

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