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茎

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • stalk
  • stem

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケイ
  • キョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • くき
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1788
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
艸#140 · grass

Components

Common Words

  • 茎葉けいようNounstems and leaves
  • 茎茶くきちゃNountwig tea, stem tea, kukicha, tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season
  • 茎頂けいちょうNountip of a stem (of a plant)
  • 茎漬くきづけNounsalt pickling of a turnip or daikon, incl. leaves and stalk
  • 茎節けいせつNouncladode, leaf-like stem
  • 茎葉体けいようたいNouncormus
  • 茎若布くきわかめNounwakame stem, central rib of the wakame leaf
  • 茎葉植物けいようしょくぶつNouncormophyte

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

葉leafN312 strokes芋taroN16 strokes節nodeN113 strokes塊clodN113 strokes漬picklingN114 strokes若youngN38 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)