Kanji 葱 Words: Meanings and Readings

葱

き

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)

玉ネギ

たまねぎ

onion (Allium cepa)

アイヌ葱

アイヌねぎ

Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)

ねぎ焼き

ねぎやき

negiyaki

ねぎ坊主

ねぎぼうず

onion flower head

ポロ葱

ポロねぎ

leek (Allium porrum)

欝蒼

うっそう

thick

蝦夷ねぎ

えぞねぎ

chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

海葱

かいそう

white squill (Urginea maritima)

鴨がねぎを背負ってくる

かもがねぎをしょってくる

along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money

鴨ねぎ

かもねぎ

along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money

九条ねぎ

くじょうねぎ

Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)

細ねぎ

ほそねぎ

green spring onion shoots

小ねぎ

こねぎ

green spring onion shoots

新たまねぎ

しんたまねぎ

fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life)

水浅葱

みずあさぎ

light light blue

水葱

なぎ

Monochoria korsakowii (species of flowering plant)

西洋ねぎ

せいようねぎ

chive (Allium schoenoprasum)

青ねぎ

あおねぎ

green spring onion

赤たまねぎ

あかたまねぎ

red onion

浅葱

あさぎ

pale blue-green

浅葱

あさつき

chive (Allium schoenoprasum)

浅葱色

あさぎいろ

pale blue-green

浅葱斑

あさぎまだら

chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)

長ねぎ

ながねぎ

scallion

冬葱

ふゆき

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)

韮葱

にらねぎ

broadleaf wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

葱とろ

ねぎとろ

tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

葱パイ

ねぎパイ

green onion pancake

葱間

ねぎま

chicken and scallion skewer

葱鮪

ねぎま

one-pot meal of spring onions and tuna

葱鮪鍋

ねぎまなべ

stew based on spring onions and tuna

葱油

ねぎあぶら

scallion oil

葱油餅

ツォンユーピン

scallion pancake

白ねぎ

しろねぎ

white spring onion

分葱

わけぎ

tree onion (Allium x proliferum)

萌え黄色

もえぎいろ

light green

萌葱

もえぎ

light yellowish green

万能ねぎ

ばんのうねぎ

thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)

葉ねぎ

はねぎ

green spring onion

圷ねぎ

あくつねぎ

red variety of Welsh onion grown in Ibaraki Prefecture

茖葱

らっきょ

sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek