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蕨

Readings

Kana: ケツ、わらび
Romaji: ketsu, warabi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bracken, fernbrake

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  2307
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-12
Korean Reading:  gweol
Chinese Reading:  jue2
Unicode:  8568
JIS:  4F4F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4051
New Nelson Index: 5194
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k12.15
Four Corner Index: 4428.2
Japanese Names Index: 2566
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32001X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0912
Remembering the kanji Index: 2405
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2085
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2485
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2992

Words

蕨 (わらび)
bracken
わらび粉 (わらびこ)
bracken starch (starch produced from the rhizomes of bracken)
早蕨 (さわらび)
freshly budded bracken
わらび糊 (わらびのり)
type of glue produced from bracken starch
わらび餅 (わらびもち)
bracken-starch dumpling; type of dumpling traditionally made using bracken starch
蕨手刀 (わらびてとう、わらびでとう)
type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period)
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