Kanji

蓬

Meaning

sagebrush wormwood and mugwort

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • よもぎ Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
  • よもぎ う wasteland
  • よもぎ もち rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort

On'yomi

  • ほう らい Mount Penglai
  • ほう とう unkempt hair
  • ほう かく wanderer
  • ぶ

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/14

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Component Analysis

蓬
sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort
よもぎ, ホウ, ブ
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
逢
meeting, tryst, date...
あ.う, むか.える, ホウ
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
夆
resist
さか.らう, ひ.く, ホウ
夂
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
しゅう, チ
丰
abundant, lush, bountiful...
みめよ.い, しげ.る, ホウ
彡
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン, セン
三
three
み, み.つ, サン
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

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