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葭 — Chinese character

葭
jiā
bulrush, reed; flute, whistle

Pinyin
jiā
Radical
140 ⾋ (Grass)
Strokes
12
Components
艹 叚
Formation
pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 叚
Japanese
葭 as a kanji

Common words with 葭

WordPinyinMeaning
蒹葭倚玉jiān jiā yǐ yùsee 蒹葭倚玉树 (jiān jiā yǐ yù shù)
蒹葭玉树 (蒹葭玉樹)jiān jiā yù shùsee 蒹葭倚玉树 (jiān jiā yǐ yù shù)

葭 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 1

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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