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蒔

JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #2368

Meanings

Sow (seeds)

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹時

Etymology

Pictophonetic: herb

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

ジ ji

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

う u

ま ma

Words Using This Kanji

12 words total

Other (12 words)

蒔絵まきえ

gold or silver lacquer

麦蒔むぎまき

wheat planting

蒔き付けまきつけ

sowing (seeds)

高蒔絵たかまきえ

embossed gilt lacquerwork

麦蒔きむぎまき

sowing wheat or barley

金蒔絵きんまきえ

gold lacquer

蒔き付けるまきつける

to sow (seeds)

蒔かぬ種は生えぬまかぬたねははえぬ

if you don't put in the effort, don't expect results

蒔くまく

to sow

蒔き灰まきばい

ash for spreading (tea ceremony)

自分で蒔いた種じぶんでまいたたね

situation of one's own doing

冬蒔きふゆまき

winter-sowing

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