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葛

arrowroot
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカツ、カチ
Kun readingつづら、くず
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. arrowroot
    葛西は３０セーブをあげた。Kasai was credited with 30 saves.tatoeba
    人種間には様々な葛藤、軋轢があることは、本書においても明らかにされているところである。That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.tatoeba
  2. kudzuRtK
  1. kudzu (Pueraria montana)
  2. japanese arrowroot

Synonyms

葛藤

Homonyms

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Same reading (くず)
屑 · waste

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · mexican bandit · muchacho · siesta · sun (日) · day (日) · aroma · bound up (乙) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 492

Compound words

葛飾北斎かつしかほくさい
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), ukiyo-e artist famous for Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and The Great Wave.
葛藤かっとう
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
葛折つづらおり
winding
葛湯くずゆ
kudzu starch gruel
葛布くずふ
cloth made from kudzu (Japanese arrowroot) fiber (fibre)
葛粉くずこ
kudzu starch
葛餅くずもち
kudzu starch cake
葛餡くずあん
kudzu sauce
蔦葛つたかずら
ivy and vines
靫葛うつぼかずら
pitcher plant
葛折りつづらおり
winding
葛饅頭くずまんじゅう
ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze
真拆葛まさきずら
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
日陰葛ヒカゲノカズラ
common clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)
柾の葛まさきのかずら
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
真拆の葛まさきのかずら
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
冬薯蕷葛ところずら
Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
日陰の葛ヒカゲノカズラ
common clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)

Additional Examples

父と私の葛藤に、彼は気付いていないようです。
He seems not to be aware of the conflict between my father and me.tatoeba
悲劇の本質は、短編小説のそれと同じように、その葛藤である。
The heart of the tragedy, as of a short story, is a conflict.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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