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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

葛: arrowroot, kudzu

N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 曷 is drawn in

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カツkatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 葛藤かっとうconflict; complication; troubles

くずkuzu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 葛くずkudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot
  • 葛粉くずこkudzu starch

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

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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.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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曷

Also built on 曷

Also read カツ

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
葛 arrowroot · 艹
vs喝 hoarse · 口
葛 has 艹 where 喝 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gé

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

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

Pinyin gé 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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