This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ソウ、やぶ
Romaji: sou, yabu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-15
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  sou3
Unicode:  85ea
JIS:  692E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4088
New Nelson Index: 5240
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k15.1
Four Corner Index: 4444.8
Japanese Names Index: 2840
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32348X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.1000

Words

(やぶ、ヤブ)
thicket; bush; grove; scrub; (medical) quack
藪医者 (やぶいしゃ)
(medical) quack
藪から棒に (やぶからぼうに)
unexpectedly; out of the blue
八幡知らず (やわたしらず)
labyrinth; maze
竹薮 (たけやぶ)
bamboo grove
やぶ蛇 (やぶへび)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
藪にらみ (やぶにらみ)
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
薮をつついて蛇を出す (やぶをつついてへびをだす)
to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
八幡の薮知らず (やわたのやぶしらず)
labyrinth; maze
藪茗荷 (やぶみょうが、ヤブミョウガ)
Pollia japonica (species of spiderwort)
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