苔 — kanji meaning “moss”
苔
moss, lichen
- Meanings
- moss, lichen
- On'yomi
- タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- こけ、こけら
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- tái, tāi — Chinese character page
Words with 苔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海苔 | のり nori | nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets |
| 蘚苔 | せんたい sentai | moss; bryophyte |
| 舌苔 | ぜったい zettai | fur (on one's tongue) |
| 苔むす | こけむす kokemusu | to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss |
| 布海苔 | ふのり funori | funori; glue plant; marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis |
| 乾海苔 | ほしのり hoshinori | dried edible seaweed |
| 苔状 | たいじょう taijou | mossy |
| 苔類 | こけるい kokerui | bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts) |
| 苔癬 | たいせん taisen | lichen |
| 蘚苔学 | せんたいがく sentaigaku | bryology |
| 蘚苔植物 | せんたいしょくぶつ sentaishokubutsu | bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts) |
| 焼き海苔 | やきのり yakinori | baked seaweed; toasted seaweed |
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