藁 – straw

17 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#2488 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 藁 means straw. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わら (wara). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 艸 (no. 140).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	わら	wara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 艸 (Kangxi radical 140). Components: 口・高・木・亠・冂・艾.

Words using 藁

藁わらstraw

Kanji with the same radical

葉落英若蔵花苦薬芸葬著草薄芝薦華

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