芥 — kanji meaning “mustard”
芥
mustard, rape, dust, trash, rubbish
- Meanings
- mustard, rape, dust, trash, rubbish
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、ケ (ke)
- Kun'yomi
- からし、ごみ、あくた
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1929 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- jiè — Chinese character page
Words with 芥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芥川賞 | あくたがわしょう akutagawashou | Akutagawa Prize (literary award) |
| 芥子 | けし keshi | opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) |
| 塵芥 | じんかい jinkai | rubbish; trash; garbage |
| 洋芥子 | ようがらし yougarashi | mustard |
| 小芥子 | こけし kokeshi | limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll |
| 芥子粒 | けしつぶ keshitsubu | poppy seed |
| 薊芥子 | あざみげし azamigeshi | Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana) |
| 黒芥子 | くろがらし kurogarashi | black mustard (Brassica nigra) |
| 白芥子 | しろがらし shirogarashi | white mustard (Sinapis alba) |
| 田芥 | たがらし tagarashi | celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup |
| 細頸芥虫 | ほそくびごみむし hosokubigomimushi | bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae) |
| 厨芥 | ちゅうかい chuukai | kitchen waste |
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