蕨

bracken

Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingケツ

Kun readingわらび

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

brackenRtK
fernbrake

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass

Components

How it's built

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Compound words

熊蕨くまわらび

Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)

犬蕨いぬわらび

Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum)

水蕨みずわらび

water sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides)

早蕨さわらび

freshly budded bracken

蕨糊わらびのり

warabinori (glue produced from bracken starch)

蕨手わらびで

furled bracken fronds

蕨粉わらびこ

bracken starch (starch produced from the rhizomes of bracken)

蕨餅わらびもち

蕨手刀わらびてとう

type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period)

宮古島花蕨みやこじまはなわらび

kamraj (Helminthostachys zeylanica)

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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Practice Writing 蕨

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