薤 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

scallion, shallot

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• カイ

Kun (native)

• らっきょう
• にら

Other languages

• 拼音xie4
• 한글hae
• Hán-ViệtGiới

infoBasics

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+85A4

grid_viewComponents

• 艹くさかんむり
• 歹かばねへん
• 韭にら

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹𩐁

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 薤白がいはくdried Chinese onion bulb (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
• 薤露かいろにらの葉に置く露。 世の中や人の死を嘆くこと。ephemeral nature of the human world, transience of life

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-13

Four Corner

4421.1

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k13.10

Nelson

4059