Kanken 1
蔕

Meaning

Kanji 蔕

calyx

calyx, stem

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
へた
Onyomi 音読み
タイテイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 蒂 (Legal Form)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
14
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
滯 • 遰 • 僀 • 慸 • 殢 • 帶 • 艜

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

蔕

へた

calyx

若布

わかめ

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

柿の蔕はかたくて、指では取りにくい。

The persimmon's stem is hard, so it is difficult to remove with your fingers.

いちごは蔕を取ってから洗ってください。

Please wash the strawberries after removing the stems.

この花は蔕が大きくて目立つ。

This flower has a large, noticeable calyx.

ぶどうは蔕を残したまま冷やすと長もちする。

Grapes keep longer if you chill them with the stems still attached.

その実は蔕の近くから傷んでいた。

The fruit had started to spoil near the stem.