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    3. 藁

    藁

    藁わら

    straw

    KMT10Freq #2488Nature & EnvironmentAmbiguous glossKanji17 strokes

    組

    藁藁

    A tree, normally grand, is instead draped in mugwort, ready for baling. This is not how trees usually end up as straw.

    Kun'yomi

    わら

    On'yomi

    コウ

    straw

    蒿木

    艹
    亠
    高
    口
    冂
    木

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    檀築檄橘橋櫛橿薩築

    Alternative forms of this concept

    䒑
    艸

    Concepts using this kanji

    藁

    straw

    藁人形

    straw doll

    藁仕事

    making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

    藁で束ねても男は男

    rich or poor, a man is a man

    藁婚式

    straw wedding (anniversary)

    藁布団

    straw futon

    藁にもすがる思いで

    hoping against hope

    藁屋根

    straw-thatched roof

    新藁

    new straw

    藁帽子

    straw hat

    藁紙

    straw paper

    溺れる者は藁をも掴む

    a drowning man will clutch at a straw

    巻藁矢

    close-range fletched practice arrow

    藁束

    bundle of straw

    草藁

    grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.)

    藁塚

    mound of straw

    巻藁

    straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits

    藁草履

    straw zori

    寝藁

    (stable) litter

    藁をも掴む

    to grasp at straws

    敷き藁

    (animal's) litter

    藁灰

    straw ashes

    麦藁蜻蛉

    dragonfly

    藁苞

    straw wrapper

    藁にもすがる

    to grasp at straws

    藁をもすがる

    to grasp at straws

    藁しべ

    central stalk of a dried rice plant

    藁葺き

    straw-thatching

    藁筵

    straw mat

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    檀

    cedar

    築

    fabricate

    檄

    written appeal

    橘

    mandarin orange

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 冂
    • 口
    • 木
    • 艹
    • 高

    is_used_in

    • 藁
    • 藁紙
    • 藁葺き
    • 藁苞
    • 敷き藁
    • 寝藁
    • 藁人形
    • 藁布団
    • 藁灰
    • 藁屋根
    • 麦藁蜻蛉
    • 溺れる者は藁をも掴む
    • 藁草履
    • 藁しべ
    • 藁筵
    • 藁婚式
    • 巻藁
    • 藁仕事
    • 藁で束ねても男は男
    • 草藁
    • 新藁
    • 藁塚
    • 巻藁矢
    • 藁帽子
    • 藁にもすがる思いで
    • 藁にもすがる
    • 藁束
    • 藁をもすがる
    • 藁をも掴む

    Similar concepts

    • 檀
    • 築
    • 檄
    • 橘
    • 橋
    • 櫛
    • 橿
    • 薩

    Variants

    • 䒑
    • 艸

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