芥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

mustard, rape, dust, trash, rubbish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • からし
  • ごみ
  • あくた
Other languages
  • 拼音jie4
  • 한글gae
  • Hán-ViệtGiới

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+82A5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹介

Words using this kanji

  • ごもくあくた。ごみ。 ごみ溜め。trash, rubbish, garbage
  • あくた屑。塵。ごみ。rubbish, trash, garbage, refuse
  • 芥子ケシ(かいし、がいし、からし)カラシナの種子。香辛料、薬用に用いる。特に漢方医学では「がいし」と呼ばれる。 (けし)ケシ科ケシ属に属する一年草。阿片の原料。opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
  • 芥藍カイランkai-lan, gai-lan, Chinese broccoli
  • 芥子粒けしつぶpoppy seed, something extremely tiny
  • 芥川賞あくたがわしょうAkutagawa Prize (literary award)
  • 芥子泥かいしでいmustard plaster
  • 芥屋ゴルフ倶楽部けやゴルフくらぶKeya Golf Club (Fukuoka)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(24 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
4422.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k4.10
Heisig
2459
Nelson
3906