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Kanji Detail for 藪 - "marsh, thicket, gathering place"

藪

  • Meaning

    藪 means "marsh, thicket, gathering place."

    1. Marsh - A swampy area where water collects and plants grow.

    2. Thicket - A place where vegetation grows densely.

    3. Gathering place - A location where things accumulate.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    thicket; bush; underbrush; grove

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    marsh, swamp; wild country; clump of trees or bushes

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    marsh; gathering place

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    swamp, marsh; wild country

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

    A large marsh. Also a marsh without water is called 藪. | Where things gather is also called 藪. Such as saying 文章淵藪 (a repository of literature).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yabu(やぶ) やぶ

  • Strokes

    tip

    21 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    marsh thicket gathering place swamp

Sentences including 藪

  • The world is full of incompetent doctors.

  • It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.

  • It was a complete surprise.

  • He told me point-blank that I was fired.

  • My mom thinks the doctor is a quack.

  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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