薮 — kanji meaning “thicket”
薮
thicket, bush, underbrush, grove
- Meanings
- thicket, bush, underbrush, grove
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- やぶ
- Strokes
- 16
- Newspaper frequency
- #2109 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- sǒu — Chinese character page
Words with 薮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薮茗荷 | やぶみょうが yabumyouga | East Asian pollia (Pollia japonica) |
| 薮入り | やぶいり yabuiri | holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months |
| 草薮 | くさやぶ kusayabu | thicket; bush; clump of bushes |
| 姫薮蘭 | ひめやぶらん himeyaburan | Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family) |
| 薮野兎 | やぶのうさぎ yabunousagi | European hare (Lepus europaeus); brown hare |
| 薮蔭 | やぶかげ yabukage | thicket |
| 薮紫 | やぶむらさき yabumurasaki | Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa mollis) |
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