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茨 — 9 strokes / Radical「艹」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 9 strokes / Radical「艹」
On
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Kun
いばらibara
Meaning
thorn, briar; Ibaraki

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: grass 艹 with the sound element 次; a thorny plant, briar.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunいばらibara—

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 茨城県いばらきけん

    Ibaraki Prefecture

  • 茨いばら

    thorn, briar

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

道(みち)のわきに茨が生(は)えていました。

Briars were growing by the side of the road.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

茨城県茨城県茨城castle県prefec…菜vegeta…艾mugwor…芋potato芒an awn芝turf
CompoundRadical

Compound

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