藪

19 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

Kun'yomi
  • やぶ
    		thicket ②(medical) quack
On'yomi
  • ソウ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

やぶ 94.0%
ソウ 6.0%

Character Breakdown

thicket, bush, underbrush
やぶ　ソウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
number, strength, fate
スウ　ス　サク (Kentei 1)
frequently, tie
ロウ　ル　つな.ぐ (Kentei Pre-1)
spit, skewer
くし　カン　ケン (11th)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
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)

Common Words

やぶ
藪
thicket ②(medical) quack
やぶ
藪
　
か
　
ら
ぼう
棒
bolt from the blue
やぶ
藪
　
の
なか
中
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony)
やぶ
藪
　
か
　
ら
ぼう
棒
　
に
out of the blue
そう
藪
たく
沢
wetland with abundant vegetation ②place where things are gathered
ささ
笹
やぶ
藪
thicket of bamboo grass
やぶ
藪
い
医
(medical) quack
や
八
わた
幡
　
の
やぶ
藪
し
知
　
ら
　
ず
Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend) ②thicket from which one cannot escape ③getting lost
やぶ
藪
　
を
　
つ
　
つ
　
い
　
て
へび
蛇
　
を
だ
出
　
す
to stir up trouble for oneself
やぶ
藪
まき
巻
woven mat tied around a plant to prevent damage from the weight of snow
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References

Unicode hex code 85EA
JIS X 0208 1-73-14
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4088
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5240
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2840
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32348X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k15.1
Four corner code 4444.8