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薊 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ケイ・キ・カイ・ケけい・き・かい・け · kei · ki · kai · ke
Kun
あざみ・さく・とげazami · saku · toge
Meaning
a thistle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 魝 as phonetic: the thorny thistle.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 薊あざみ

    a thistle

  • 薊の花あざみのはな

    a thistle flower

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

薊(あざみ)の紫(むらさき)の花(はな)が咲(さ)く。

The thistle opens its purple flower.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

薊の花薊花flower艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…乂to mow几small…丐to beg夬to dec…卉plants
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ケイAll maps

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