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芥

mustard
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingカイ、ケ
Kun readingからし、ごみ、あくた
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mustardRtK
    私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.tatoeba
    美濃国芥水村の人。He was from Kaisuimura, Mino Province.wiki
  2. rape
  3. dust
  4. trash
  5. rubbish
  1. garbage
  2. dirt

Popular Usage

塵芥

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

生芥なまごみ
kitchen waste
芥子ケシ
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
芥箱ごみばこ
trash can
厨芥ちゅうかい
kitchen waste
芥川賞あくたがわしょう
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
子芥子こけし
limbless wooden doll
小芥子こけし
limbless wooden doll
雛芥子ひなげし
common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
唐芥子とうがらし
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers)
洋芥子ようがらし
mustard
薊芥子あざみげし
Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana)
獅子唐芥子ししとうがらし
shishito

Additional Examples

美濃国芥水村の人。
He was from Kaisuimura, Mino Province.wiki
福岡県糸島郡志摩町芥屋。
They are in Keya, Shima-machi, Itoshima County, Fukuoka Prefecture.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

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