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蕨

bracken
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingケツ
Kun readingわらび
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. brackenRtK
  2. 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
warabimochi
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

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蕨

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step