Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
briar, thorn
Kun:
いばらかやくさぶき
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
1203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 茅茨 【ボウシ】 thatched roof, cogon grass and thorny shrubs (materials for thatching roofs)

Kun reading compounds

  • 茨 【いばら】 thorny shrub, wild rose, briar, thorn, cusp
  • 茨垣 【いばらがき】 thorn hedge
  • 野薔薇 【のいばら】 multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), baby rose, Japanese rose
  • 猿捕茨 【さるとりいばら】 Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)

Readings

Japanese names:
あし、 えばら、 ばら、 まつ、 まん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • espina
  • zarza

Portuguese

French

  • épine
  • églantier
1269 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3930 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2812 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
483 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30896X Morohashi
5017 New Nelson (John Haig)
472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
511 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
4418.2 Four corner code
1-16-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8328 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
hedge, fence, wall
Kun:
かき
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1539 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 垣牆 【エンショウ】 hedge, fence
  • 紫微垣 【シビエン】 Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

Kun reading compounds

  • 垣 【かき】 fence, hedge, barrier, wall, railing
  • 垣根 【かきね】 hedge, fence, border, limit
  • 築垣 【ついがき】 mud wall with a roof
  • 岩垣 【いわかき】 stone wall, natural stone wall

Readings

Japanese names:
がい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • cerco
  • valla
  • muro
  • seto

Portuguese

  • barreira
  • cerca
  • parede

French

  • haie
  • clôture
  • mur
1073 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1272 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1075 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
795 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1276 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1350 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1784 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
373 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
416 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
260 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
156 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5060 Morohashi
351 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1009 New Nelson (John Haig)
154 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
165 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1241 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3b6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4111.6 Four corner code
1-19-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57a3 Unicode hex code