藪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 草木が生い茂った所。(例)藪沢,淵藪
  2. 集まったもの。(例)談藪

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • やぶ
Other languages
  • 拼音sou3
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtTẩu

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+85EA

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹數

Words using this kanji

  • やぶthicket, bush, grove, scrub
  • 藪雨やぶさめAsian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
  • 藪医やぶい(medical) quack
  • 藪犬やぶいぬやぶいぬの漢字表記。bush dog (Speothos venaticus)
  • 藪虱やぶじらみerect hedge parsley (Torilis japonica), Japanese hedge parsley, upright hedge parsley
  • 藪蘭やぶらんbig blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari), lilyturf, liriope, border grass
  • 藪巻やぶまきwoven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow
  • 藪沢そうたくwetland with abundant vegetation, place where things are gathered
  • 藪椿やぶつばきwild camellia (Camellia japonica), common camellia
  • 藪柑子やぶこうじ「やぶこうじ」の漢字表記。spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
  • 藪の中やぶのなかbeing a mystery (due to conflicting testimony), being unknown
  • 藪萱草やぶかんぞうorange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso), tawny daylily
  • 藪蕎麦やぶそばyabu soba
  • 藪肉桂やぶにっけいJapanese cinnamon (Cinnamomum japonicum)
  • 藪蘇鉄ヤブソテツJapanese holly fern (Cyrtomium fortunei)
  • 藪内流やぶのうちりゅうYabunouchi school of tea ceremony
  • 藪漕ぎやぶこぎhiking through dense vegetation, pushing one's way through a thicket, bushwhacking
  • 藪にらみやぶにらみsquint, cross-eyed, mistaken view
  • 藪枯らしやぶがらしbushkiller (species of herbaceous plant, Cayratia japonica)
  • 藪から棒やぶからぼうbolt from the blue, unforeseen event, complete surprise

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(26 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-15
Four Corner
4444.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k15.1
Nelson
4088