蒲 — kanji meaning “bullrush”
蒲
bullrush, flag, cattail
- Meanings
- bullrush, flag, cattail
- On'yomi
- ホ (ho)、ボ (bo)、フ (fu)、ブ (bu)
- Kun'yomi
- がま、かば、かま
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1887 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- pú — Chinese character page
Words with 蒲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菖蒲 | しょうぶ shoubu | sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus |
| 菖蒲 | あやめ ayame | iris (flower) |
| 蒲公英 | たんぽぽ tanpopo | dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum) |
| 蒲鉾 | かまぼこ kamaboko | kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc. |
| 蒲焼 | かばやき kabayaki | kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce |
| 花菖蒲 | はなしょうぶ hanashoubu | Japanese iris; blue flag; Iris ensata |
| 菖蒲湯 | しょうぶゆ shoubuyu | bathwater with iris leaves; sweet-flag bath |
| 黄菖蒲 | きしょうぶ kishoubu | yellow iris |
| 蒲柳 | ほりゅう horyuu | purple willow |
| 匂い菖蒲 | においしょうぶ nioishoubu | fragrant iris; sweet flag; orris |
| 蒲柳の質 | ほりゅうのしつ horyuunoshitsu | delicate health; fragile health |
| 蒲魚 | かまとと kamatoto | feigning ignorance; feigning naivety; pretense of innocence |
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