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藻

seaweed
Stroke count: 19

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. seaweedRtK
  2. duckweed
  1. algae
  2. waterweed

Homonyms

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Same reading (も)
喪 · mourning

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · furniture · goods (品) · mouth (口) · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2191

Compound words

海藻かいそう
seaweed
藻類そうるい
seaweeds; algae; waterweeds
茨藻いばらも
spiny water nymph (Najas marina)
褐藻かっそう
brown algae
珪藻けいそう
diatom
紅藻こうそう
red algae
菅藻すがも
Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)
藍藻らんそう
blue-green algae
毬藻まりも
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila)
狢藻むじなも
waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
ケイ藻けいそう
diatom
珪藻土けいそうど
diatomaceous earth
藻掻くもがく
to struggle
藻搔くもがく
to struggle
稚海藻わかめ
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
ケイ藻土けいそうど
diatomaceous earth
けい藻土けいそうど
diatomaceous earth
茨藻海老いばらもえび
spiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)

Stroke Order

19 strokes

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