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

hollyhock

Kun'yomi
  • mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae) ②Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
On'yomi
Nanori
  • まもる

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あおい 99.5%
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

Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15)
sunflower
hollyhock (Althaea rosea)
wild ginger trefoil family crest (of the Tokugawa clan)
wild ginger trefoil family crest (of the Tokugawa clan)
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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