Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

蕗: butterbur, bog rhubarb

JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 路 is drawn in

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ふきfuki · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 蕗ふきgiant butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
  • 山蕗やまぶきwild giant butterbur
  • 伽羅蕗きゃらぶきstalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce

Also read ロ, ル, 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)

All 74
路

Also built on path (路)

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ル

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lù

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

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

Pinyin lù 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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