藪
Readings
Kana:
ソウ、やぶ
Romaji:
sou, yabu
Meanings
thicket, bush, underbrush, grove
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
19
Radical Number:
140
Frequency:
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
2-3-15
Korean Reading:
su
Chinese Reading:
sou3
Unicode:
85ea
JIS:
692E
Indexes
Nelson Index: 4088
New Nelson Index: 5240
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k15.1
Four Corner Index: 4444.8
Japanese Names Index: 2840
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32348X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.1000
Words
藪
(やぶ、ヤブ)
thicket; bush; grove; scrub; (medical) quack
藪医者
(やぶいしゃ)
(medical) quack
藪から棒に
(やぶからぼうに)
unexpectedly; out of the blue
八幡知らず
(やわたしらず)
labyrinth; maze
竹薮
(たけやぶ)
bamboo grove
やぶ蛇
(やぶへび)
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
藪にらみ
(やぶにらみ)
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
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
八幡の薮知らず
(やわたのやぶしらず)
labyrinth; maze
藪茗荷
(やぶみょうが、ヤブミョウガ)
Pollia japonica (species of spiderwort)