蓼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

luxurious grass, a smartweed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シン
  • リク
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • たで
Other languages
  • 拼音liao3
  • 한글ryo
  • Hán-ViệtLiệu

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+84FC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹翏

Words using this kanji

  • たでknotweed (Polygonaceae), jointweed, smartweed, water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)
  • 蓼藍たであいdyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
  • 蓼酢たでずwater pepper vinegar
  • 蓼食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずき人の好みはそれぞれで、一概には言えないということ。蓼の実は苦く、大抵の動物は倦厭するが、好んで食べる虫もいることから。some prefer nettles, there's no accounting for taste, every man to his taste

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-11
Four Corner
4420.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k11.10