葛

12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

arrowroot, kudzu

Kun'yomi
  • つづら
    		kudzu (Pueraria montana) ②Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • くず
    		kudzu (Pueraria montana) ②Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
On'yomi
  • カツ
  • カチ
Nanori
  • か
  • かず
  • かずら
    		creeping plant
  • かっ
  • かつら

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かずら 60.4%
かつら 29.0%
かっ 8.1%
くず 1.1%
カツ 0.9%
か 0.5%

Character Breakdown

arrowroot, kudzu
かずら　かつら　かっ (11th)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
why, how, when
カツ　なんぞ　いつ (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
beggar, beg, give
カツ　カチ　カイ
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
deceased(亡) variant
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン　オン　かく.す
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)

Contained In

臈

Common Words

かっ
葛
とう
藤
conflict
かずら
葛
creeping plant
かっ
葛
こん
根
とう
湯
infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
かっ
葛
こん
根
kudzu root
だん
段
かずら
葛
raised path leading to a shrine
えび
葡萄
かずら
葛
grapevine ②switch (of hair)
まさき
真拆
　
の
かずら
葛
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
ふう
風
せん
船
かずら
葛
balloon vine
び
美
なん
男
かずら
葛
scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ②white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man
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References

Unicode hex code 845B
JIS X 0208 1-19-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3997
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5060
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2905
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2017
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2398
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 492
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1994
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31420X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2103
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k9.22
Four corner code 4472.7