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Kanji Detail for 蓬 - "mugwort"

蓬

  • Meaning

    蓬 means "mugwort." Also associated with disheveled.

    1. Mugwort - An aromatic herb used in mochi.

    2. Disheveled - Wild and unkempt; scattered.

  • Four-character idioms with 蓬

    • 弊衣蓬髪 へいいほうはつ Listen unkempt hair and shabby clothes
    • 蓬頭垢面 ほうとうこうめん Listen (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance

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    • Verified meaning: mugwort
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read よもぎ)
    • Also carries these associations: disheveled

    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 蓬

    Given names 蓬(よもぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    type of raspberry; fairyland

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Peng

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    disheveled, unkempt; a type of raspberry

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

    A plant name. Stem is over a foot tall. Leaves are like willow leaves. Has serrated edges. Flowers are very small. White in color. In autumn it withers and the roots are pulled up. Wind rolls it into flight. Therefore also called 飛蓬 (flying artemisia). | A disheveled and scattered appearance. Such as calling flying dust 蓬塵. Also unkempt hair is called 蓬頭垢面 (disheveled hair and dirty face). All refer to standing up like flying artemisia. | A thatched hut where poor scholars live. Such as saying 蓬蓽生輝 (honor to my humble abode). Referring to 蓽門蓬戶 (wicker door and thatched gate). | 蓬萊山. Legend says it is in the Eastern Sea. Where immortals dwell. Such as saying 蓬瀛 (Penglai and Yingzhou), 蓬島 (Penglai island). All have this meaning.

  • Onyomi

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    bu(ブ) ブ

    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

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    yomogi(よもぎ) よもぎ

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    mugwort disheveled crowded moxa weed wormwood unkempt scattered herb plant wild aromatic medicinal bitter flora field

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