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葛

葛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 12 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

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

Meaning

arrowroot, kudzu

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツJHS
  • カチ
Kun (native)
  • つづら
  • くずHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • か
  • かず
  • かずら
  • かっ
  • かつら
Other languages
  • 拼音ge3
  • 拼音ge2
  • 한글gal
  • Hán-ViệtCát

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+845B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹曷

Words using this kanji

  • 葛藤かっとうと、広く蔓を伸ばす植物。 蔓のように複雑に絡み、取り去りがたい人の煩悩。 （仏教、禅宗）文学言語や意味の解釈しがたい語句や公案、問答工夫のこと。conflict, complication, troubles, discord
  • 葛くず（くず）マメ科のつる性の多年草。根を用いて食品の葛粉や漢方薬が作られる。秋の七草の一つ。kudzu (Pueraria montana), Japanese arrowroot, Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • 葛かずら（くず）マメ科のつる性の多年草。根を用いて食品の葛粉や漢方薬が作られる。秋の七草の一つ。creeping plant, creeper, vine, liana
  • 葛粉くずこkudzu starch
  • 葛布くずふ縦糸を綿、絹、麻、横糸を葛の繊維で織った耐水性のある布。cloth made from kudzu (Japanese arrowroot) fiber (fibre)
  • 葛湯くずゆkudzu starch gruel
  • 葛餅くずもちくずもち 参照kudzu starch cake, pudding-like arrowroot cake
  • 葛餡くずあん葛粉や片栗粉などを入れてとろみをつけた液体。kudzu sauce
  • 葛籠つづらwicker clothes hamper
  • 葛藤つづらふじと、広く蔓を伸ばす植物。 蔓のように複雑に絡み、取り去りがたい人の煩悩。 （仏教、禅宗）文学言語や意味の解釈しがたい語句や公案、問答工夫のこと。Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum), complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)
  • 葛根かっこんの根。漢方として使用される。kudzu root
  • 葛芋くずいもjicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), yam bean, Mexican turnip
  • 葛饅頭くずまんじゅうball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze
  • 葛根湯かっこんとう漢方薬の一つ。葛根に麻黄、生姜、桂枝、芍薬などからなる煎じ薬。infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
  • 葛掛けくずかけfood dressed with liquid starch
  • 葛鬱金くずうこんarrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
  • 葛切りくずきりkudzu starch noodles

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
4472.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k9.22
Heisig
492
Nelson
3997