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藤

藤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （植物）ふじ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」+音符「滕」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wisteria

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウJHS
  • ドウ
Kun (native)
  • ふじJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぞう
  • と
  • ふじゅ
Other languages
  • 拼音teng2
  • 한글deung
  • Hán-ViệtĐằng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+85E4

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹滕

Words using this kanji

  • 藤ふじ（ふじ）マメ科の蔓植物。wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda), wistaria
  • 藤色ふじいろlight purple
  • 藤棚ふじだなwisteria trellis, wisteria arbor (arbour), wisteria pergola
  • 藤蔓ふじづる「ふじづる」の漢字表記。wisteria vine
  • 藤氏とうし氏族の一つ。藤原氏。Fujiwara family
  • 藤本とうほん蔓性植物で木質の茎（木本）を持つ多年草のもの。木本性つる植物。climbing trees, liana
  • 藤袴ふじばかまthoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)
  • 藤豆ふじまめふじまめ の漢字表記。hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
  • 藤黄とうおうオトギリソウ科の常緑高木。インドシナに産する。また、そのゴム状の樹脂は黄色の顔料となる。雌黄。gamboge
  • 藤紫ふじむらさきdark lilac (color), royal blue
  • 藤花とうかwisteria flower
  • 藤灰ふじばいwisteria ash (used in tea ceremony)
  • 藤稔ふじみのりfujiminori (grape variety)
  • 藤布ふじぬのcloth made from wisteria vine fibres
  • 藤海鼠ふじなまこHolothuria decorata (species of sea cucumber)
  • 藤空木ふじうつぎJapanese butterfly bush (species of buddleia, Buddleja japonica)
  • 藤撫子ふじなでしこDianthus japonicus (species of pink)
  • 藤四郎とうしろamateur, novice, layman
  • 藤八拳とうはちけんgame of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
  • 藤原時代ふじわらじだい藤原氏が摂関政治を行っていた、平安時代の中期・後期。Fujiwara period (esp. used as a period of art history, approx. 894-1185 CE)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-15
Four Corner
4423.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k15.3
Heisig
1295
Nelson
4090