14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort

Kun'yomi
  • Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps) ②mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia)
On'yomi
  • ホウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

よもぎ 64.9%
ホウ 35.1%

Character Breakdown

sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort
よもぎ ホウ ブ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
meeting, tryst, date
あ.う おう あい (Kentei Pre-1)
resist
ホウ フ バ
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
abundant, lush, bountiful
ホウ フ フウ
three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク

Common Words

Mount Penglai ②sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.) ③Kansai New Year decoration (made from food) ④Formosa
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
Artemisia montana
Mount Penglai ②Japan
unkempt hair and shabby clothes
(with) unkempt hair and dirty face
the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano
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References

Unicode hex code 84EC
JIS X 0208 1-43-9
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4023
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5099
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2973
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2072
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2375
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2458
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2195
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31720
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k10.32
Four corner code 4430.4