Readings

Kana: ケン、かや、かんぞう
Romaji: ken, kaya, kanzou
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana:
Romaji: ka
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

miscanthus reed

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  2217
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-9
Korean Reading:  hweon
Chinese Reading:  xuan1
Unicode:  8431
JIS:  337E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3989
New Nelson Index: 5121
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k9.26
Four Corner Index: 4410.6
Japanese Names Index: 1730
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31345X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0759
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2016
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2904

Words

(かや)
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
茅葺き (かやぶき)
thatch roof; thatching a roof with grass
萱草 (かんぞう、カンゾウ)
hemerocallis; daylily
藪萱草 (やぶかんぞう、ヤブカンゾウ)
Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso (variety of daylily)
野萱草 (のかんぞう、ノカンゾウ)
day lily (Hemerocallis fulva var. distiche)
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
萱鼠 (かやねずみ、カヤネズミ)
harvest mouse (Mus minutus)
浜萱草 (はまかんぞう、ハマカンゾウ)
daylily
雄刈萱 (おがるかや、オガルカヤ)
Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)
忘れ草 (わすれぐさ)
Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso (variety of daylily); tobacco
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