21 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

moss

Kun'yomi
  • moss ②short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
On'yomi
  • セン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

moss
セン こけ (Kentei 1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
fresh, vivid, clear
セン あざ.やか (7th, N1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
sheep
ひつじ ヨウ よ (3rd, N1)
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)

Common Words

bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
mosses (non-vascular plants of class Bryopsida)
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References

Unicode hex code 861A
JIS X 0208 1-73-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4101
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5262
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 32483X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k17.2
Four corner code 4435.1