Readings

Kana: ホ、ボ、フ、ブ、がま、かば、かま
Romaji: ho, bo, fu, bu, gama, kaba, kama
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bullrush, flag, cattail

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1887
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-10
Korean Reading:  po
Chinese Reading:  pu2
Unicode:  84b2
JIS:  3377

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2504
Nelson Index: 4021
New Nelson Index: 5156
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k10.8
Four Corner Index: 4412.7
Gakken Index: 1598
Japanese Names Index: 1993
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31611X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0825
Remembering the kanji Index: 1838
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2039
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1855
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1981
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2932

Words

(かば、がま、こうほ、かま)
common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reed mace
菖蒲 (しょうぶ、そうぶ)
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
蒲薦 (ほせん)
bulrush mat
蒲鉾兵舎 (かまぼこへいしゃ)
Quonset hut
蒲柳の質 (ほりゅうのしつ)
delicate health; fragile health
菖蒲 (あやめ、アヤメ)
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus
蒲鉾 (かまぼこ)
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
蒲団皮 (ふとんがわ)
quilting; ticking
蒲柳 (ほりゅう)
purple willow; infirmity; delicate constitution
かば焼き (かばやき)
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
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