noun

  1. udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata).
  2. something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years).
  3. Japanese fiber banana flower.
  4. green lacewing eggs.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
優曇華 うどんげ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tenderness, excel, surpass
ユウ やさ.しい すぐ.れる (6th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
melancholy, grieve, lament
ユウ う.い うれ.える (8th, N1)
melancholy(憂) variant
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)
cloudy weather, cloud up
くも.る ドン ど (7th, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
cloud
くも ウン ずも (2nd, N2)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
splendor, flower, petal
カ はな ケ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)