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蒔

蒔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 種をまく。植物をうえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「時」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sow (seeds)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シ
  • ジ
Kun (native)
  • う(える)
  • ま(く)
Nanori (used in names)
  • まい
  • まか
  • まき
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 拼音shi2
  • 한글si
  • Hán-ViệtThì
  • Hán-ViệtThi

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8494

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹時

Words using this kanji

  • 蒔くまく「まく」を参照。to sow, to plant, to seed, to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)
  • 蒔絵まきえgold or silver lacquer, lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
  • 蒔き灰まきばいash for spreading (tea ceremony)
  • 蒔き付けまきつけsowing (seeds)
  • 蒔き付けるまきつけるto sow (seeds)
  • 蒔かぬ種は生えぬまかぬたねははえぬif you don't put in the effort, don't expect results

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4464.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k10.7
Heisig
2476
Nelson
4018