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Kanji Detail for 藁 - "straw"

藁

  • Meaning

    藁 means "straw." Also associated with to wither, draft.

    1. Straw - Dried rice stalks.

    2. To wither - Trees dying.

    3. Draft - A preliminary version of writing.

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    • Verified meaning: straw
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read わら)
    • Also carries these associations: to wither, draft

    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 藁

    Surnames 藁(わら)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    straw

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    straw, hay; dry, withered

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 槁[gao3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    straw, hay; withered, dry

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    wara(わら) わら

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    straw to wither draft withering hay dried agriculture bale rice stalk fodder decay fuel preliminary

Sentences including 藁

  • Drowning men clutch at straws.

  • You cannot make bricks without straw.

  • In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.

  • Is this hay or straw?

  • He'll clutch at any straw.

  • I am very much attached to this old straw hat.

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