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

buckwheat

Kun'yomi
  • そば
On'yomi
  • キョウ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

そば 100.0%

Character Breakdown

buckwheat
そば　キョウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
high, boasting
キョウ　たか.い　たかし (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
drink
の.む　トン (Kentei Pre-1)
early death, calamity
ヨウ　オウ　カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

そば
蕎麦
や
屋
soba restaurant
つき
月
み
見
そば
蕎麦
soba with egg
たぬき
狸
そば
蕎麦
soba with tempura batter
よ
夜
な
鳴
　
き
そば
蕎麦
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
よ
夜
たか
鷹
そば
蕎麦
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
さら
更
しな
科
そば
蕎麦
high quality soba
み
三
そ
十
か
日
そば
蕎麦
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
しん
新
そば
蕎麦
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
じゅう
十
わり
割
そば
蕎麦
soba made with only buckwheat flour
に
二
はち
八
そば
蕎麦
soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
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References

Unicode hex code 854E
JIS X 0208 1-22-30
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4054
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5197
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2993
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2086
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2369
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2454
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31946X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k12.8
Four corner code 4422.7