葦 — kanji meaning “reed”
葦
reed, bullrush
- Meanings
- reed, bullrush
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- あし、よし、しお.れる、しな.びる、しぼ.む、な.える
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2343 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- wěi — Chinese character page
Words with 葦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葦原 | あしはら ashihara | reed bed |
| 葦笛 | あしぶえ ashibue | reed pipe; reed flute |
| 豊葦原 | とよあしはら toyoashihara | plains lush with reeds; flourishing beds of reeds; Japan |
| 一葦 | いちい ichii | one reed |
| 葦簀 | よしず yoshizu | reed screen |
| 葦鴨 | よしがも yoshigamo | falcated teal (Mareca falcata); falcated duck |
| 葦切鮫 | よしきりざめ yoshikirizame | blue shark (Prionace glauca) |
| 葦船 | あしぶね ashibune | papyrus boat |
| 葦五位 | よしごい yoshigoi | yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) |
| 大葦切 | おおよしきり ooyoshikiri | great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) |
| 小葦切 | こよしきり koyoshikiri | black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) |
| 葦原雀 | よしわらすずめ yoshiwarasuzume | reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) |
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