薔 — kanji meaning “water pepper”
薔
water pepper
- Meanings
- water pepper
- On'yomi
- バ (ba)、ショウ (shou)、ショク (shoku)、ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- みずたで
- Strokes
- 16
- Newspaper frequency
- #2356 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- qiáng — Chinese character page
Words with 薔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薔薇 | ばら bara | rose |
| 野薔薇 | のいばら noibara | multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose |
| 薔薇薔薇 | バラバラ barabara | scattered; disperse; loose |
| 薔薇戦争 | ばらせんそう barasensou | War of the Roses (1455-1485) |
| 大薔薇苺 | おおばらいちご oobaraichigo | Rubus croceacanthus (species of raspberry) |
| 薔薇羽太 | ばらはた barahata | yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod |
| 難波薔薇 | なにわいばら naniwaibara | Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) |
| 薔薇鱮 | ばらたなご baratanago | rosy bitterling (Rhodeus ocellatus) |
| 薔薇笛鯛 | ばらふえだい barafuedai | two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) |
| 薔薇鯥 | ばらむつ baramutsu | oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) |
| 庚申薔薇 | こうしんばら koushinbara | China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush |
| 薔薇輝石 | ばらきせき barakiseki | rhodonite |
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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