薇

17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

an edible fern

Kun'yomi
  • ぜんまい
    		Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica)
On'yomi
  • ラ
  • ビ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ラ 93.7%
ぜんまい 6.3%

Character Breakdown

an edible fern
ラ　ぜんまい　ビ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
delicate, minuteness, insignificance
ビ　かす.か　み (Early Jr. High, N1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ　たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
bare hill, (屼 variant)
mountain
やま　サン　セン (1st, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

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References

Unicode hex code 8587
JIS X 0208 1-73-15
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4057
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5209
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32092
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k13.13
Four corner code 4424.8