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miscanthus reed
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingかや、かんぞう
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. miscanthus reed
  1. grass used for thatching
  2. sedge used for thatching

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
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Compound words

茅萱ちがや
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
萱鼠かやねずみ
harvest mouse (Mus minutus)
萱草かんぞう
daylily (any flower of the family Hemerocallis)
萱葺かやぶき
thatching a roof (with grass)
刈萱かるかや
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
萱ぶきかやぶき
thatching a roof (with grass)
萱葺きかやぶき
thatching a roof (with grass)
浜萱草はまかんぞう
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. littorea)
藪萱草やぶかんぞう
orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso)

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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