Readings

Kana: ソウ、やぶ
Romaji: sou, yabu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  2109
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-13
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  sou3
Unicode:  85ae
JIS:  4C79

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 5201
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k15.1
Four Corner Index: 4444.8
Remembering the kanji Index: 2403
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2483

Words

(やぶ、ヤブ)
thicket; bush; grove; scrub; (medical) quack
竹薮 (たけやぶ)
bamboo grove
薮をつついて蛇を出す (やぶをつついてへびをだす)
to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
薮蛇になる (やぶへびになる)
you'll only make work for yourself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth
藪ワラビー (やぶワラビー)
pademelon; paddymelon
やぶ蛇 (やぶへび)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
八幡の薮知らず (やわたのやぶしらず)
labyrinth; maze
薮蚊 (やぶか、ヤブカ)
aedine mosquito (any mosquito of genus Aedes, characterized by stripes)
藪にらみ (やぶにらみ)
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
藪柑子 (やぶこうじ、ヤブコウジ)
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
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