漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
蔦: vine, ivy
JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 鳥 is drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
つたtsuta · kun'yomi · on its own
- 蔦つたivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus…
- 蔦葛つたかずらivy and vines; creepers
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 蔦紅葉つたもみじmaple; scarlet-tinged ivy
Also read チョウ, 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
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side蔦 vine · 艹
vs鳴 chirp · 口In ChineseSimplified 茑 · traditional, as in Japanese · niǎo
Japan keeps the traditional form 蔦; mainland China simplifies it to 茑.
- Simplified
- 茑 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 蔦 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin niǎo 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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