JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 萱

miscanthus reed

miscanthus reed

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
かやかんぞう
Onyomi 音読み
ケン
Nanori 名乗り
Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
#2217
Strokes
12
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 16 common entries

Showing 16 of 16 entries that include this kanji.

かや

grass used for thatching

茅葺き

かやぶき

thatching a roof (with grass)

茅葺き屋根

かやぶきやね

thatched roof

茅門

かやもん

my home

萱鼠

かやねずみ

harvest mouse (Mus minutus)

萱草

かんぞう

daylily (any flower of the family Hemerocallis)

萱堂

けんどう

mother

忘れ草

わすれぐさ

tobacco

ちがや

cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

刈萱

かるかや

Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)

雌刈萱

めがるかや

Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)

油茅

あぶらがや

abura-gaya (Scirpus wichurai)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

古い家はで葺かれている。

The old house is thatched with miscanthus.

の原っぱで遊んだ。

We played in a field of miscanthus.

彼はを集めて束にした。

He gathered the miscanthus into bundles.

屋根のを新しくする。

Renewing the miscanthus on the roof.

の中をかき分けて進む。

Pushing through the thick miscanthus.