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薺

薺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はまびし。
  2. 「齏」の通字。和える。
  3. なずな。薺菜。
  4. 白慈姑、荸薺。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」 + 音符「齊」。「ハマビシ」を意味する漢語｛薺｝および「ナズナ」を意味する漢語｛薺｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

water-chestnuts, caltrop

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイ
  • ザイ
Kun (native)
  • ひと
  • ととの(える)
  • なずな
Other languages
  • 拼音qi2
  • 拼音ji4
  • 한글je
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtTề
  • Hán-ViệtTrai

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+85BA

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹齊

Words using this kanji

  • 薺なずなshepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-14
Four Corner
4422.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k14.5