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茅

茅 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ススキやイネ、アシなど茅葺きに使用する様々な植物の総称。
  2. チガヤとも呼ばれるイネ科の多年草であり、よく見かける雑草の一つの古名。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

miscanthus reed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウ
  • ミョウ
Kun (native)
  • かや
  • ちがや
Nanori (used in names)
  • ち
  • じ
Other languages
  • 拼音mao2
  • 한글mo
  • Hán-ViệtMao

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8305

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹矛

Words using this kanji

  • 茅かやススキやイネ、アシなど茅葺きに使用する様々な植物の総称。 チガヤとも呼ばれるイネ科の多年草であり、よく見かける雑草の一つの古名。grass used for thatching, sedge used for thatching
  • 茅場かやばhayfield, field of miscanthus
  • 茅ちがやススキやイネ、アシなど茅葺きに使用する様々な植物の総称。 チガヤとも呼ばれるイネ科の多年草であり、よく見かける雑草の一つの古名。cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
  • 茅屋ぼうおくthatched cottage, hovel, my humble cottage, my humble abode
  • 茅舎ぼうしゃ茅葺の家。thatched cottage, hovel, my humble cottage
  • 茅渟ちぬくろだいの別称。black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
  • 茅潜かやくぐりJapanese accentor (Prunella rubida)
  • 茅門かやもんthatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house), my home
  • 茅茨ぼうし茅と茨。 茅や茨で葺いた屋根。また、粗末な家。thatched roof, cogon grass and thorny shrubs (materials for thatching roofs)
  • 茅葺きかやぶき「かやぶき」の漢字まじり表記。thatching a roof (with grass), thatched roof
  • 茅渟鯛ちぬだいblack porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
  • 茅の輪ちのわcogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)
  • 茅台酒マオタイしゅ中華人民共和国貴州省特産の高粱（カオリャン、蜀黍）を主な原料とする蒸留酒。白酒のひとつ。maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)
  • 茅葺き屋根かやぶきやねthatched roof

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4422.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k5.26
Heisig
2468
Nelson
3924