蕗

16 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

butterbur, bog rhubarb

Kun'yomi
  • ふき
    		giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
On'yomi
  • ロ
  • ル

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ふき 100.0%

Character Breakdown

butterbur, bog rhubarb
ふき　ロ　ル (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
path, route, road
ロ　みち　-じ (3rd, N3)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし　た.りる　ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
each, every, either
カク　おのおの　かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

ふき
蕗
　
の
とう
薹
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
きゃ
伽
ら
羅
ぶき
蕗
stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
やま
山
ぶき
蕗
wild giant butterbur ②Japanese silverleaf
あき
秋
た
田
ぶき
蕗
Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)
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References

Unicode hex code 8557
JIS X 0208 1-41-89
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5203
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2372
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3007
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1536
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2096
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2370
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2455
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2564
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31964X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2230
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k13.4
Four corner code 4416.4