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sagebrush

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingホウ、ブ

Kun readingよもぎ

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

sagebrush
wormwoodRtK
mugwort

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass

Components

How it's built

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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

蓬餅よもぎもち

rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

蓬莱ほうらい

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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