Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

萩: bush clover

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 秋 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

はぎhagi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 萩はぎbush clover
  • 萩原はぎはらreedy field
  • 萩属はぎぞくLespedeza (genus comprising the bush…

Also read シュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
萩 bush clover · 艹
vs愁 distress · 心
萩 has 艹 where 愁 has 心.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qiū

Same form: 萩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
萩 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
萩 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qiū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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