蕉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

banana, plantain

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Other languages
  • 拼音jiao1
  • 拼音qiao2
  • 한글cho
  • Hán-ViệtTiêu

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8549

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹焦

Words using this kanji

  • 蕉風しょうふう及びその門流の排風。correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)
  • 蕉門しょうもん江戸時代前期の俳人松尾芭蕉の一門または門下。disciple of Basho
  • 蕉葉しょうよう芭蕉の葉。banana leaf

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-12
Four Corner
4433.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k12.6
Heisig
2453
Nelson
4048