葦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

reed, bullrush

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • あし
  • よし
  • しお(れる)
  • しな(びる)
  • しぼ(む)
  • な(える)
Other languages
  • 拼音wei3
  • 한글wi
  • Hán-ViệtVi

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8466

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹韋

Words using this kanji

  • あしcommon reed (Phragmites australis)
  • 葦笛あしぶえreed pipe, reed flute
  • 葦簀よしずreed screen
  • 葦鴨ヨシガモfalcated teal (Mareca falcata), falcated duck
  • 葦船あしぶねpapyrus boat
  • 葦登ヨシノボリfreshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius)
  • 葦辺あしべreedy shore
  • 葦手あしでashide, handwriting style inspired by ashide paintings
  • 葦原あしはら「あしはら」を参照。 「あしわら」を参照。 「よしわら」を参照。reed bed
  • 葦切鮫ヨシキリザメblue shark (Prionace glauca)
  • 葦五位よしごいyellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
  • 葦原雀よしわらすずめreed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
  • 葦田鶴あしたずcrane (bird)
  • 葦原中国あしはらのなかつくにあしはらのなかつくに の漢字表記。Japan
  • 葦の髄から天井を覗くよしのずいからてんじょうをのぞくto have a narrow view of things
  • 葦の髄から天井のぞくよしのずいからてんじょうのぞくto have a narrow view of things

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(32 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4450.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k10.21
Heisig
2491
Nelson
3998