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蓆

Readings

Kana: セキ、むしろ

Romaji: seki, mushiro

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

straw mat, matting

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 14

Radical Number: 140

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-3-10

Korean Reading: seog

Chinese Reading: xi2

Unicode: 84c6

JIS: 686E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4014

New Nelson Index: 5148

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k10.29

Four Corner Index: 4422.7

Daikanwanjiten Index: 31645X

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0844

Words

筵 (むしろ、えん)

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); seat

上筵 (うわむしろ)

thin padded mat laid on the tatami

菰蓆 (こもむしろ)

mat of woven wild rice leaves

蛭蓆 (ひるむしろ、ヒルムシロ)

Potamogeton distinctus (species of pondweed)

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