葵

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

hollyhock

Kun'yomi
  • あおい
    		mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae) ②Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger) ③hollyhock
On'yomi
  • キ
Nanori
  • まもる
  • け

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あおい 99.5%
キ 0.5%

Character Breakdown

hollyhock
あおい　キ　まもる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
10th calendar sign
みずのと　キ (Kentei 1)
dotted tent radical (no. 105)
ハツ (Kentei 1)
heavens, sky, imperial
テン　あま-　あも (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

あおい
葵
まつり
祭
Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15)
き
葵
か
花
sunflower
はな
花
あおい
葵
hollyhock
てん
天
じく
竺
あおい
葵
geranium
ほ
布
てい
袋
あおい
葵
Eichornia crassipes
あおい
葵
　
の
ご
御
もん
紋
wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan
じゅう
戎
き
葵
hollyhock
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References

Unicode hex code 8475
JIS X 0208 1-16-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3990
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5120
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2317
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2906
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1493
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2018
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2391
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2472
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1723
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31458X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2222
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k9.17
Four corner code 4443.0