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茉

茉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 「茉莉花」はモクセイ科の常緑小低木の名。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」＋音符「末」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

jasmine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • マツ
  • バツ
  • マ
Nanori (used in names)
  • み
Other languages
  • 拼音mo4
  • 한글mal
  • Hán-ViệtMạt

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8309

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹末

Words using this kanji

  • 茉莉まつりモクセイ科の常緑低木。観賞用として栽培され、花は香料の原料となる。茉莉花。Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
  • 茉莉花まつりかマツリカ、ジャスミンの一種。Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4490.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k5.6
Heisig
2436