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Kanji Detail for 葦 - "reed"
葦
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Meaning
葦 means "reed." Also associated with small boat.
Reed - A perennial grass growing by water.
Small boat - A metaphor for a tiny vessel.
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Four-character idioms with 葦
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連銭葦毛
れんぜんあしげ
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
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連銭葦毛
れんぜんあしげ
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Tattoo check: 葦
- Verified meaning: reed
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read よし)
- Also carries these associations: small boat
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.
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Name readings of 葦
Surnames 葦(よし)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
reed; bullrush
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
reed
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
reed; rush; Phragmites communis
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
reed
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A plant name. It is 蘆 (reed). Also called 大葭.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 葦
More kanji with the radical 艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
- 芋 potato
- 芝 lawn
- 芙 lotus, hibiscus
- 芥 mustard, tiny trash
- 芦 reed, rush
- 芭 banana plant
- 芯 core, center, wick
- 花 flower, flower-like, to bloom
- 芳 fragrant, aromatic
- 芸 art, performance, talent
- 芹 celery
- 芽 bud, sprout, sign
- 苑 garden, gathering place
- 苔 moss, lichen
- 苗 seedling
- 苛 harsh, bully
- 若 young, immature, if
- 苦 suffering, bitter
- 英 hero, excellent
- 苺 strawberry
- 茂 overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
- 茄 eggplant
- 茅 cogon grass, thatch
- 茉 jasmine
- 茎 stem, stalk
- 茜 madder