茅
Readings
Kana:
ボウ、ミョウ、かや、ちがや
Romaji:
bou, myō, kaya, chigaya
Name Readings
Kana:
ち、じ
Romaji:
chi, ji
Meaning
miscanthus reed
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
8
Radical Number:
140
Frequency:
1895
Grade:
9
Skip Pattern:
2-3-5
Korean Reading:
mo
Chinese Reading:
mao2
Unicode:
8305
JIS:
337D
Indexes
Nelson Index: 3924
New Nelson Index: 5005
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k5.26
Four Corner Index: 4422.2
Japanese Names Index: 690
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30836X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0609
Remembering the kanji Index: 2385
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1425
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1922
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2468
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2779
Words
茅
(かや)
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
鴨茅
(かもがや)
orchard grass
茅渟
(ちぬ、チヌ)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
茅台酒
(マオタイしゅ、マオタイチュウ、マオタイチュー)
maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)
浅茅生
(あさじう)
broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass
茅
(ちがや、ち、チガヤ)
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
茅葺き
(かやぶき)
thatch roof; thatching a roof with grass
茅渟鯛
(ちぬだい、チヌダイ)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
刈萱
(かるかや、カルカヤ)
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass); Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass); thatching grass; thatching sedge
蜩
(ひぐらし、ヒグラシ、カナカナ)
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)