Word Meaning

やく yaku

葯 is read as やく (yaku) and means anther.

Meaning

English

  1. anther

Reading

Kana

やく

Romaji

yaku

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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はなをかくだいすると、やくにかふんがたくさんついていた。

When the flower was magnified, a lot of pollen could be seen on the anther.

このしょくぶつはやくがおおきく、かんさつしやすい。

This plant has large anthers, so it is easy to observe.

やくがひらくと、きいろいこながかぜにのってとんだ。

When the anther opened, yellow powder drifted away on the wind.

よろいぐさはかわべによくみられるせのたかいくさだ。

It is a tall grass often found by riversides.

にわのすみによろいぐさがいっぽんだけのびていた。

In the corner of the garden, only one stalk of that tall grass was growing.