Kanji Detail for 蒡 - "burdock"

蒡

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蒡 means "burdock."
1. Burdock - A biennial plant of the Asteraceae family (used in compound 牛蒡).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

burdock

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

burdock, herb

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 牛蒡[niu2 bang4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

great burdock; Arctium lappa

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

牛蒡 (burdock). A plant name. Leaves are heart-shaped. Back has white hair. Purple flowers bloom in early summer. Its seeds are used medicinally.
Onyomi

boh(ぼう)

byoh(びょう)

hoh(ほう)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
burdock biennial plant asteraceae family