漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
蒔: sow (seeds)
JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 時 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
まくmaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 蒔くまくto sow; to plant; to seed
- 蒔絵まきえgold or silver lacquer
- 麦蒔むぎまきwheat planting
Also read シ, ジ, うえる, 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
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 莳 · traditional, as in Japanese · shí
Japan keeps the traditional form 蒔; mainland China simplifies it to 莳.
- Simplified
- 莳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 蒔 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shí 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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