Kanji details for 茅

茅
 
Uses 8 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)

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miscanthus reed
KUN:
  • かや
    kaya
  • ちがや
    chigaya
ON:
  • ボウ
    bou
  • ミョウ
    myou
Nanori:
  • ち
    chi
  • じ
    ji
Written with 8 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Radicals:
矛 、艾
Example words(showing 1-10 of 19 results)

noun
•
grass used for thatching, sedge used for thatching
Other readings:
萱【かや】

noun
•
hayfield, field of miscanthus

noun
•
sparsely growing cogon grass, short cogon grass(often used in literature as an example of a bleak landscape)
Other readings:
浅茅【あさぢ】

noun
•
broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass(obscure)

noun
•
abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)(usually kana)
Other readings:
あぶらがや《油萱》
、
アブラガヤ

noun
•
orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), cat grass(usually kana)
Other readings:
カモガヤ

noun
•
Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)(usually kana)
Other readings:
かやくぐり《茅潜り》
、
カヤクグリ

noun, no-adjective
•
thatch roof, thatching a roof with grass
Other readings:
かや葺【かやぶき】
、
茅ぶき【かやぶき】
、
茅葺【かやぶき】
、
萱ぶき【かやぶき】[1]
、
萱葺【かやぶき】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
1.
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
2.
my home(humble language)(only relevant for ぼうもん)
Other readings:
茅門【ぼうもん】
、
萱門【かやもん】

noun
1.
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)(usually kana)
See also:雌刈萱
2.
Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)(usually kana)
See also:雄刈萱
3.
thatching grass, thatching sedge
All readings:
かるかや《刈萱》
、
かるかや《刈茅》
、
かるかや《刈草》
、
カルカヤ
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