蕗 — kanji meaning “butterbur”
蕗
butterbur, bog rhubarb
- Meanings
- butterbur, bog rhubarb
- On'yomi
- ロ (ro)、ル (ru)
- Kun'yomi
- ふき
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- lù
Words with 蕗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石蕗 | つわぶき tsuwabuki | leopard plant (Farfugium japonicum); Japanese silverleaf |
| 蕗の薹 | ふきのとう fukinotou | edible flower bud of a giant butterbur plant |
| 蕗草 | ろそう rosou | liquorice; licorice |
| 伽羅蕗 | きゃらぶき kyarabuki | stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce |
| 山蕗 | やまぶき yamabuki | wild giant butterbur |
| 蕗雪の下 | ふきゆきのした fukiyukinoshita | Saxifraga japonica (species of saxifrage) |
| 秋田蕗 | あきたぶき akitabuki | Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus) |
| 玉蕗 | たまぶき tamabuki | Parasenecio farfarifolius var. bulbifer (variety of Indian plantain) |
| 野蕗 | のぶき nobuki | Adenocaulon 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.
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