薅

Meaning

Kanji 薅

to eradicate

to eradicate, to weed

Stroke Order

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Unicode code: U+8585

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
くきをと.る
Onyomi 音読み
コウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
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Similar Kanji
媷

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

朝のうちに畑の草を薅った。

I weeded the field early in the morning.

祖父は田のあぜで雑草を薅っていた。

Grandfather was pulling weeds on the rice paddy ridge.

雨のあとで土がやわらかく、草を薅りやすい。

After the rain, the soil is soft and the weeds are easy to pull out.

庭を薅ってから花を植えた。

After clearing the weeds from the garden, I planted flowers.

村人たちは用水路の草を薅って水の流れをよくした。

The villagers weeded the irrigation channel to improve the flow of water.