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菰

Readings

Kana: コ、こも、まこも
Romaji: ko, komo, makomo
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

reed used for matting

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-9
Korean Reading:  go
Chinese Reading:  gu1
Unicode:  83f0
JIS:  3856

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3966
New Nelson Index: 5079
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k8.15
Four Corner Index: 4443.2
Japanese Names Index: 1727
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31217X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0722
Remembering the kanji Index: 2383
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2466

Words

薦 (こも)
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
真菰 (まこも、マコモ)
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
菰蓆 (こもむしろ)
mat of woven wild rice leaves
薦僧 (こもそう、こもぞう)
mendicant Zen priest of the Fuke sect
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