茅 — kanji meaning “miscanthus reed”
茅
miscanthus reed
- Meanings
- miscanthus reed
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)、ミョウ (myou)
- Kun'yomi
- かや、ちがや
- Name readings
- ち、じ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1895 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- máo — Chinese character page
Words with 茅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茅場 | かやば kayaba | hayfield; field of miscanthus |
| 茅葺き | かやぶき kayabuki | thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof |
| 茅の輪 | ちのわ chinowa | cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites) |
| 浅茅 | あさじ asaji | sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass |
| 茅舎 | ぼうしゃ bousha | thatched cottage |
| 茅屋 | ぼうおく bouoku | thatched cottage |
| 浅茅生 | あさじう asajiu | broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass |
| 鴨茅 | かもがや kamogaya | orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata); cat grass |
| 茅渟鯛 | ちぬだい chinudai | black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) |
| 茅渟 | ちぬ chinu | black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) |
| 茅潜 | かやくぐり kayakuguri | Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida) |
| 茅台酒 | マオタイしゅ maotaishu | maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol) |
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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