Kanji Detail for 苜 - "alfalfa"

苜

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

苜 means "alfalfa."
1. Alfalfa - A biennial plant of the Fabaceae family (used in compound 苜蓿).
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

clover; medic

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

clover

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

clover

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

clover

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

苜蓿 (alfalfa). A grass name. One type is from the Western Regions. Stem over a foot tall. Flowers purple, leaves small. Called 紫苜蓿 (purple alfalfa). One type has stems that don't stand upright. Leaves pointed and thin. Flowers yellow. Called 黃苜蓿 (yellow alfalfa). Much grown in the northwest. One type is clover. Stems lie on the ground. One branch has three leaves. Leaf tips are broad. Flowers small and yellow. Grown in gardens in Jiangnan. All three are commonly eaten vegetables.
Onyomi

boku(ボク)

moku(モク)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords

alfalfa biennial plant fabaceae family