薊

17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

thistle

Kun'yomi
  • あざみ
    		thistle (Cirsium spp.)
  • さく
  • とげ
On'yomi
  • ケイ
  • キ
  • カイ
  • ケ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あざみ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

thistle
あざみ　ケイ　キ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ

Common Words

もり
森
あざみ
薊
Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
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References

Unicode hex code 858A
JIS X 0208 1-73-9
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4061
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5213
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2562A
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32095X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k13.2
Four corner code 4432.0