葭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「叚」。「アシ」を意味する漢語{葭}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

reed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • よし
  • あし
Other languages
  • 拼音jia1
  • 한글ga
  • Hán-ViệtGia

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+846D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹叚

Words using this kanji

  • 葭切ヨシキリ「よしきり」の学術的表記。reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
  • 葭戸よしどreed sliding door
  • 葭障子よししょうじreed sliding door

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-9
Four Corner
4424.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k9.9
Nelson
3994