Kanji
苔
kanji character
moss
lichen
苔 kanji-苔 moss, lichen
苔
Meaning
moss and lichen
Readings
Kun'yomi
- こけ moss
- こけ むす to become covered in moss
- こけ にわ moss garden
- こけら
On'yomi
- たい じょう mossy
- たい せん lichen
- せん たい moss
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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苔 moss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens... -
海 苔 nori, laver, edible seaweed... -
苔 状 mossy -
苔 類 liverworts, hepatics (non-vascular plants of order Marchantiophyta) -
苔 癬 lichen -
苔 むすto become covered in moss, to become mossy, to grow over with moss... -
苔 庭 moss garden -
苔 桃 lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), cowberry -
苔 虫 moss animal (any animal of phylum Bryozoa) -
苔 玉 kokedama, moss ball, plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss... -
蘚 苔 moss, bryophyte -
水 苔 sphagnum, peat moss, bog moss -
銭 苔 liverwort -
甘 苔 laver -
杉 苔 haircap moss -
舌 苔 fur (on one's tongue) -
花 苔 reindeer moss -
苔 生 すto become covered in moss, to become mossy, to grow over with moss... -
鷺 苔 Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii) -
青 苔 green moss -
角 苔 hornwort -
虫 苔 whiteworm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis) -
掃 苔 visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone -
苔 植 物 bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts) -
苔 虫 類 bryozoans (animals of phylum Bryozoa) -
乾 海 苔 dried edible seaweed -
干 海 苔 dried edible seaweed -
布 海 苔 funori, glue plant, marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis... -
焼 海 苔 baked seaweed, toasted seaweed -
青 海 苔 green laver (Enteromorpha), green dried seaweed, nori