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Kanji Detail for 蔦 - "ivy"

蔦

  • Meaning

    蔦 means "ivy." Also associated with creeper.

    1. Ivy - A climbing vine plant.

    2. Creeper - A plant that grows along surfaces.

  • Tattoo check: 蔦

    • Verified meaning: ivy
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かずら, ちょう, つた, つたむね)
    • Also carries these associations: creeper

    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 蔦

    Given names 蔦(つた)Listen

    Surnames 蔦(かずら)Listen 蔦(ちょう)Listen 蔦(つたむね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    vine; ivy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    the convolvulus; parasitic plants such as mistletoe; Ribes ambiguum

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    parasitic mistletoe (Loranthus parasiticus), esp. on the mulberry

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

    A shrub name. It is 菟絲子 (dodder). The Book of Odes says "The dodder and mistletoe. Spread upon the pine and cypress." Today 蔦蘿 is used as a term for relatives. A metaphor for clinging to a high family.

  • Onyomi

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    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    tsuta(つた) つた

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    ivy creeper vine climbing clinging tendrils foliage green leaves plant entwining woody crawling grows stem

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