藁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「槀」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

straw

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • わら
Other languages
  • 拼音gao3
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtCảo

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+85C1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹槀

Words using this kanji

  • わら(わら)稲や麦の茎を刈り取り、乾燥させたもの。 (わら)1で、特に産褥に敷くもの。また転じて、産褥、赤ん坊をもいう。 (わら)「(笑)」の代用表記。straw
  • 藁紙わらがみstraw paper, rice paper
  • 藁苞わらづとstraw wrapper
  • 藁灰わらばいstraw ashes
  • 藁筵わらむしろstraw mat
  • 藁塚わらづかmound of straw, pile of straw
  • 藁苞わらすぼOdontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)
  • 藁束わらたばbundle of straw, sheaf
  • 藁葺きわらぶきstraw-thatching, straw-thatched roof
  • 藁人形わらにんぎょう藁を束ねて人の形につくったもの。straw doll, straw figure, straw effigy
  • 藁布団わらぶとんstraw futon, straw mattress, palliasse
  • 藁屋根わらやねstraw-thatched roof
  • 藁草履わらぞうりstraw zori
  • 藁しべわらしべcentral stalk of a dried rice plant
  • 藁婚式わらこんしきstraw wedding (anniversary), second wedding anniversary
  • 藁仕事わらしごとmaking things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
  • 藁帽子わらぼうしstraw hat
  • 藁をも掴むわらをもつかむto grasp at straws, to resort to desperate measures
  • 藁にもすがるわらにもすがるto grasp at straws, to resort to desperate measures
  • 藁をもすがるわらをもすがるto grasp at straws, to resort to desperate measures

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(31 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-14
Four Corner
4490.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k14.6
Heisig
2480
Nelson
4083