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Readings

Kana: キョウ、そば
Romaji: kyō, soba
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

buckwheat

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-3-12
Korean Reading:  gyo
Chinese Reading:  qiao2
Unicode:  854e
JIS:  363E

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4054
New Nelson Index: 5197
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k12.8
Four Corner Index: 4422.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 31946X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0905
Remembering the kanji Index: 2369
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2086
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2454
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2993

Words

蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
蕎麦屋 (そばや)
buckwheat-noodle restaurant
月見蕎麦 (つきみそば)
soba with egg
そば粉 (そばこ)
buckwheat flour
そば切り (そばきり)
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
蕎麦殻 (そばがら)
buckwheat chaff
狸蕎麦 (たぬきそば)
soba with tempura batter
焼きそば (やきそば)
yakisoba (similar to chow mein); fried noodles, usu. with with vegetables and meat
そば湯 (そばゆ)
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
生そば (きそば)
100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
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