薤 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- カイかい · kai
- Kun
- らっきょう・にらrakkyō · nira
- Meaning
- the shallot
Stroke order
Origin
Grass 艹 with abbreviated 韰 as phonetic: the shallot, of the onion kind.
Compounds
- 薤らっきょう
the shallot
- 薤露かいろ
a dirge; the dew on a shallot leaf, for life’s brevity
Example
薤を甘酢に漬ける。
They pickle the shallots in sweet vinegar.
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