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蕗 — kanji meaning “butterbur”

butterbur, bog rhubarb

Meanings
butterbur, bog rhubarb
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
16
School grade
9
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Classical radical
140
Chinese reading
lù

Words with 蕗

WordReadingMeaning
つわぶき tsuwabukileopard plant (Farfugium japonicum); Japanese silverleaf
ふきのとう fukinotouedible flower bud of a giant butterbur plant
ろそう rosouliquorice; licorice
きゃらぶき kyarabukistalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
やまぶき yamabukiwild giant butterbur
ふきゆきのした fukiyukinoshitaSaxifraga japonica (species of saxifrage)
あきたぶき akitabukiJapanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)
たまぶき tamabukiParasenecio farfarifolius var. bulbifer (variety of Indian plantain)
のぶき nobukiAdenocaulon himalaicum (species of flowering plant)

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.