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Kanji Detail for 蕎 - "buckwheat, soba"

蕎

  • Meaning

    蕎 means "buckwheat, soba."

    1. Buckwheat - An annual grain plant.

    2. Soba - Japanese buckwheat noodles.

  • Words using 蕎

    • 蕎麦 そば Listen buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
    • 蕎麦屋 そばや Listen soba restaurant

  • Tattoo check: 蕎

    • Verified meaning: buckwheat, soba
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    buckwheat

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    buckwheat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 蕎麥|荞麦[qiao2 mai4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    buckwheat

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

    蕎麥 (buckwheat). A grain plant. Stems are red. Leaves are triangular. Opens small white flowers. Fruit has three ridges. Turns black when old. Widely cultivated in the north. Its seeds are ground into flour for making cakes. Used as daily food. Second to wheat flour.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    soba(そば) そば

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    buckwheat soba noodles grain plant flour seed agriculture

Sentences including 蕎

  • There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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