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韮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （植物・食材）にら。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「艸（草本）」+「韭（にら）」、「韭」は土から生えるにらの形をかたどったもの。「艸」を添え草本であることを強調したものか？一説に「艸」+「非」であって、刈ってもすぐに元に戻る、普通の草と異なる性質を表したものとも。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

leek

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
  • ク
Kun (native)
  • にら
Other languages
  • 拼音jiu3
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtPhỉ

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
韭(にら)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+97EE

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹韭

Words using this kanji

  • 韮にらクサスギカズラ目ヒガンバナ科ネギ属に属する多年草。葉を食用にする。。「にらの花」は。garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), Chinese chives, Chinese leek
  • 韮葱にらねぎbroadleaf wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
  • 韮葉蘭にらばらんMicrotis unifolia (species of orchid)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-9
Four Corner
4410.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k9.2
Heisig
2226
Nelson
3988