蓼 — kanji meaning “luxurious grass”
蓼
luxurious grass, a smartweed
- Meanings
- luxurious grass, a smartweed
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)、リク (riku)、リョウ (ryou)
- Kun'yomi
- たで
- Strokes
- 14
- Newspaper frequency
- #2447 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- liǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 蓼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 木天蓼 | またたび matatabi | silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder |
| 紅蓼 | べにたで benitade | water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. purpurascens) |
| 大毛蓼 | おおけたで ooketade | kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate (Persicaria orientalis); prince's feather |
| 柳蓼 | やなぎたで yanagitade | water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper) |
| 藍蓼 | あいたで aitade | dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) |
| 蓼藍 | たであい tadeai | dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) |
| 蓼酢 | たでず tadezu | water pepper vinegar; vinegar infused and mixed with water pepper leaves, esp. served with salt-grilled sweetfish |
| 川蓼 | かわたで kawatade | water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum) |
| 水蓼 | みずたで mizutade | water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper) |
| 木天蓼 | もくてんりょう mokutenryou | silver vine (used in traditional Chinese medicine) |
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