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Readings

Kana: ラ、ビ、ぜんまい
Romaji: ra, bi, zenmai
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

an edible fern

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-13
Korean Reading:  mi
Chinese Reading:  wei1
Unicode:  8587
JIS:  692F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4057
New Nelson Index: 5209
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k13.13
Four Corner Index: 4424.8
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32092
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0942

Words

(ぜんまい、ゼンマイ)
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
バラ色 (バラいろ、ばらいろ)
rose-colour; rose-color
バラ園 (バラえん、ばらえん)
rose garden
薔薇十字団 (ばらじゅうじだん)
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
薔薇羽太 (ばらはた、バラハタ)
yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod
薔薇 (ばら、しょうび、そうび、バラ)
rose
野ばら (のばら、のバラ、ノバラ)
wild rose; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
素晴らしい (すばらしい、すんばらしい)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
薔薇鯥 (ばらむつ、バラムツ)
oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)
薔薇笛鯛 (ばらふえだい、バラフエダイ)
two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)
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