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

lotus

On'yomi
  • ヨウ
Nanori
  • はす

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ヨウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

lotus
ヨウ はす よ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
contain, form, looks
ヨウ い.れる かた (5th, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
valley
たに や コク (2nd, N2)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis cv. Versicolor)
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References

Unicode hex code 84C9
JIS X 0208 1-45-54
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5135
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2337
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2944
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1513
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2051
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2362
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2448
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1983
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31648X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2226
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k10.20
Four corner code 4460.8