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蓬

sagebrush
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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Kun readingよもぎ
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sagebrush
  2. wormwoodRtK
  3. mugwort
  1. japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  2. mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia)

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
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Compound words

山蓬やまよもぎ
Artemisia montana
大蓬おおよもぎ
Artemisia montana
蓬生よもぎう
wasteland
蓬餅よもぎもち
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
蓬莱ほうらい
Mount Penglai
灰色蓬はいいろよもぎ
Artemisia sieversiana
三蓬莱さんほうらい
the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano
蓬莱蕉ほうらいしょう
Swiss cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa)
蓬莱飾ほうらいかざり
Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
蓬莱竹ほうらいちく
hedge bamboo (Bambusa multiplex)
蓬莱鱛ほうらいえそ
Sloane's viperfish (Chauliodus sloani)
数咲き蓬かずざきよもぎ
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
弊衣蓬髪へいいほうはつ
unkempt hair and shabby clothes
蓬頭垢面ほうとうこうめん
(with) unkempt hair and dirty face
蓬莱飾りほうらいかざり
Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
蓬莱羊歯ほうらいしだ
Southern maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
敝衣蓬髪へいいほうはつ
unkempt hair and shabby clothes
麻の中の蓬あさのなかのよもぎ
nurture beats nature

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蓬

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