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Zach

Readings

Kana: カツ、カチ、つづら、くず
Romaji: katsu, kachi, tsuzura, kuzu
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Name Readings

Kana: か、かず、かずら、かっ、かつら
Romaji: ka, kazu, kazura, ka, , katsura
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Meanings

arrowroot, kudzu

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1547
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  gal
Chinese Reading:  ge2
Unicode:  845b
JIS:  336B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3997
New Nelson Index: 5060
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k9.22
Four Corner Index: 4472.7
Japanese Names Index: 1994
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31420X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0785
Remembering the kanji Index: 2398
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2017
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 492
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2905

Words

(くず)
kudzu (Pueraria lobata) (type of vine); (Japanese) arrowroot
葛藤 (かっとう)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
クマツヅラ科 (クマツヅラか、くまつづらか)
Verbenaceae; vervain family of plants
葛餡 (くずあん)
kudzu sauce
甘葛 (あまずら)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata); jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
(かずら)
creeping plant; creeper
葛藤 (つづらふじ、ツヅラフジ)
Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum); complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land)
九十九折 (つづらおり)
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
葛饅頭 (くずまんじゅう)
ball of bean paste covered with a kudzu starch glaze
葛籠 (つづら)
wicker clothes hamper
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