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茎

茎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. くき。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「莖」の略体。「莖」については莖#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

stalk, stem

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイJHS
  • キョウ
Kun (native)
  • くきJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音jing1
  • 한글gyeong
  • Hán-ViệtHành
  • Hán-ViệtKinh

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+830E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹𢀖

Words using this kanji

  • 茎くき（くき）高等植物の器官のひとつで、葉と根の間にあり、根から吸収した水分や栄養素を植物体の各所へ運び、葉で合成されたものを光合成できない部分へ運ぶ通路の役割を果たすもの。stalk, stem
  • 茎葉けいようstems and leaves
  • 茎茶くきちゃtwig tea, stem tea, kukicha
  • 茎頂けいちょうtip of a stem (of a plant)
  • 茎漬くきづけsalt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk
  • 茎節けいせつcladode, leaf-like stem
  • 茎葉体けいようたいcormus
  • 茎若布くきわかめwakame stem, central rib of the wakame leaf
  • 茎葉植物けいようしょくぶつcormophyte
  • 茎ブロッコリーくきブロッコリーbaby broccoli

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-5
Four Corner
4410.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k5.23
Heisig
772
Nelson
3912