15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

bracken, fernbrake

Kun'yomi
  • bracken
On'yomi
  • ケツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

わらび 100.0%

Character Breakdown

bracken, fernbrake
わらび ケツ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
that
ケツ クツ その (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
to hiccough, to dig out to expand
disobedient
ゲキ ギャク ハク
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
テツ サ ひだりて (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ か.ける ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

freshly budded bracken
type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period)
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References

Unicode hex code 8568
JIS X 0208 1-47-47
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4051
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5194
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2992
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2085
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2405
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2485
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2566
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32001X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k12.15
Four corner code 4428.2