Kanji

薇

Meaning

an edible fern

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ぜんまい Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica)
  • しろやま ぜんまい Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)

On'yomi

  • ば ら ばら scattered
  • ば ら いろ rose-colour
  • ばらば ら scattered
  • ふゆそう び winter rose

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Component Analysis

薇
an edible fern
ぜんまい, ラ, ビ
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
微
delicate, minuteness, insignificance
かす.か, ビ
彳
stop, linger, loiter...
たたず.む, テキ
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
𡵉
山
mountain
やま, サン, セン
兀
high & level, lofty, bald...
コツ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
儿
( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)
がい, ジン, ニン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
攵
( 攴 ) strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク
𠂉
乂
mow, cut grass, subdue
おさ.める, か.る, ガイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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