Word Meaning 七草粥

ななくさがゆ nanakusagayu

七草粥 is read as ななくさがゆ (nanakusagayu) and means rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring.

Meaning

English

  1. rice gruel traditionally eaten on the 7th day of the new year containing the seven plants of spring

Reading

Kana

ななくさがゆ

Romaji

nanakusagayu

Writing Variants

  • 七種粥 ななくさがゆ nanakusagayu
  • 七草がゆ ななくさがゆ nanakusagayu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

七草

ななくさ

the seven spring flowers

七草の節句

ななくさのせっく

Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (one of the five seasonal festivals; celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar)

春の七草

はるのななくさ

seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)

秋の七草

あきのななくさ

seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)

しち

seven

七十

しちじゅう

seventy

七夕

たなばた

Star Festival (held in July or August)

七月

しちがつ

July

七日

なのか

7th day of the month

七七日

しちしちにち

49th day after death

七つ

ななつ

four o'clock (old time system)

七宝

しっぽう

cloisonne ware