茅

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

miscanthus reed

Kun'yomi
  • かや
    		grass used for thatching
  • ちがや
    		cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
On'yomi
  • ボウ
  • ミョウ
Nanori
  • ち
    		cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
  • じ

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かや 100.0%

Character Breakdown

miscanthus reed
かや　ボウ　ミョウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
halberd, arms, festival float
ム　ほこ　ボウ (7th, N1)
beforehand, previous, myself
ヨ　あらかじ.め　シャ (3rd, N3)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

かや
茅
grass used for thatching
かや
茅
ば
場
hayfield
かや
茅
ぶ
葺
　
き
thatching a roof (with grass)
かや
茅
もん
門
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house) ②my home
かや
茅
ぶ
葺
　
き
や
屋
ね
根
thatched roof
マオ
茅
タイ
台
しゅ
酒
maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)
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References

Unicode hex code 8305
JIS X 0208 1-19-93
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3924
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5005
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2779
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1425
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1922
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2385
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2468
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 690
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30836X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2214
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k5.26
Four corner code 4422.2