葛
Readings
Kana:
カツ、カチ、つづら、くず
Romaji:
katsu, kachi, tsuzura, kuzu
Name Readings
Kana:
か、かず、かずら、かっ、かつら
Romaji:
ka, kazu, kazura, ka, , katsura
Meanings
arrowroot, kudzu
Stroke Diagram
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
葛
(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)
葛
(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