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Kanji Detail for 芥 - "mustard, tiny trash"

芥

  • Meaning

    芥 means "mustard, tiny trash." Also associated with something small.

    1. Mustard - A plant of the cabbage family; the condiment made from its seeds.

    2. Tiny trash - Small debris; dust.

    3. Something small - Trivial things; insignificant matters.

  • Tattoo check: 芥

    • Verified meaning: mustard, tiny trash
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あくた, かい, かいじ)
    • Also carries these associations: something small

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 芥

    Given names 芥(あくた)Listen

    Surnames 芥(かい)Listen 芥(かいじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mustard; rape; dust; trash; rubbish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mustard plant; mustard; tiny

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    see 芥藍|芥蓝[gai4 lan2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mustard, broccoli

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A vegetable plant. Leaves are rough with notches. Stem and leaves are edible. Also good for making pickles. Blooms small yellow flowers in late spring. Produces pods. Seeds are like millet grains. Extremely pungent in taste. Used in cuisine as flavoring. Called 芥末 (mustard). | Small things are called 芥. Such as 纖芥 (tiny bit). | Lowly things are called 芥. Such as 草芥 (weeds).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

    ke(ケ) ケ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    akuta(あくた) あくた

    gomi(ごみ) ごみ

    karashi(からし) からし

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    mustard tiny trash something small chaff condiment debris dregs minute refuse scraps plant spicy

Sentences including 芥

  • I would like to excuse myself from receiving the Akutagawa Prize.

  • At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.

  • I do a lot in parallel, therefore I do not only read Akutagawa. At the moment, I am reading more and more in English. I am also reading a bit in German every day.

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