蓬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 14 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

sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • よもぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音peng2
  • 한글bong
  • Hán-ViệtBồng

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+84EC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹逢

Words using this kanji

  • よもぎJapanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps), mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia), wormwood, sagebrush
  • 蓬生よもぎうwasteland, area overgrown with weeds
  • 蓬莱ほうらいMount Penglai, Penglai Island, sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.), Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
  • 蓬頭ほうとう頭髪がもじゃもじゃに乱れていること。unkempt hair
  • 蓬客ほうかく(よもぎが風に吹かれ飛ぶように)あちこちをさまよう旅人。wanderer, drifter
  • 蓬窓ほうそうよもぎが生い茂るような粗末な家。window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket, poor house, humble house, primitive house
  • 蓬髪ほうはつ蓬のように乱れた頭髪。unkempt hair, disheveled hair, tousled hair
  • 蓬が島よもぎがしまMount Penglai, Japan
  • 蓬莱鱛ほうらいえそSloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani)
  • 蓬莱竹ほうらいちくhedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), golden goddess bamboo
  • 蓬莱蕉ほうらいしょうSwiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), split-leaf philodendron, cerimen, Mexican breadfruit
  • 蓬けるほおけるto to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.), to be fluffy
  • 蓬頭垢面ほうとうこうめん(with) unkempt hair and dirty face, being indifferent to one's personal appearance
  • 蓬莱羊歯ほうらいしだSouthern maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris), black maidenhair fern, Venus hair fern
  • 蓬莱飾りほうらいかざりKansai New Year decoration (made from food)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(26 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4430.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k10.32
Heisig
2458
Nelson
4023