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Kanji Detail for 萊 - "goosefoot, weed"

萊

  • Meaning

    萊 means "goosefoot, weed." Also associated with wasteland.

    1. Goosefoot - A wild plant; a type of herb.

    2. Wasteland - Uncultivated land; wild terrain.

    3. Weed - To remove unwanted plants; to clear.

  • Tattoo check: 萊

    • Verified meaning: goosefoot, weed
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: wasteland

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    goosefoot; weed; fallow field

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    goosefoot, weed; fallow field

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations

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

    A plant name. It is 藜 (goosefoot). Today wild grass in fields is commonly called 草萊. | 萊菔. That is radish. See "菔" for details.

  • Onyomi

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    rai(ライ) ライ

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

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    akaza(あかざ) あかざ

    arewa(あれわ) あれわ

    kougai(こうがい) こうがい

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    goosefoot wasteland weed grass mowing field foliage greenery growth meadow pasture plant uncultivated brush thicket wild

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