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葭 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
カか · ka
Kun
よし・あしyoshi · ashi
Meaning
a reed

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 叚 as phonetic: the reed of the waterside.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 葭簀よしず

    a reed screen

  • 葭よし

    a reed

More words with this kanji

  • 蒹葭けんか

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

葭簀(よしず)を立(た)てて日(ひ)を遮(さえぎ)る。

They stand a reed screen up to keep the sun off.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

葭簀葭簀a roug…艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…戈halber…夭to die…夸to boa…呵to sco…枷shackl…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading カAll maps

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