苔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「台」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

moss, lichen

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タイ
Kun (native)
  • こけ
  • こけら
Other languages
  • 拼音tai2
  • 拼音tai1
  • 한글tae
  • Hán-ViệtĐài

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+82D4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹台

Words using this kanji

  • こけmoss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
  • 苔状たいじょうmossy
  • 苔類こけるいbryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
  • 苔癬たいせん丘疹を主な症状とする皮膚病変の一つ。lichen
  • 苔庭こけにわmoss garden
  • 苔類たいるいliverworts, hepatics (non-vascular plants of order Marchantiophyta)
  • 苔桃こけももlingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), cowberry
  • 苔虫こけむしmoss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa)
  • 苔玉こけだまkokedama, moss ball
  • 苔むすこけむすto become covered in moss, to become mossy, to grow over with moss, to become aged
  • 苔虫類こけむしるいbryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa)
  • 苔瑪瑙こけめのうmoss agate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(61 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4460.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k5.27
Heisig
2443
Nelson
3921