葛

kudzu; arrowroot

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1547.

Readings

• カツ (on reading): 葛藤 (かっとう) conflict; 葛根湯 (かっこんとう) infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
• くず (kun reading): 葛 (くず) kudzu (Pueraria montana); 葛餅 (くずもち) kudzu starch cake
• カチ (on reading)
• つづら (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 真葛 (さねかずら) scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica)

Components

• 艹
• 曷
• 勹 radical wrap
• 匕 radical spoon
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 日 radical sun; day

Kanji containing 葛

• 臈 year-end sacrifice

Words using 葛

• 葛藤 (かっとう) conflict
• 葛根湯 (かっこんとう) infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.
• 東京都立葛飾商業高等学校 (とうきょうとりつかつしかしょうぎょうこうとうがっこう) Tokyo Metropolitan Katsushika Commercial senior High School
• 葛 (くず) kudzu (Pueraria montana)
• 葛餅 (くずもち) kudzu starch cake
• 葛粉 (くずこ) kudzu starch
• 葛布 (くずふ) cloth made from kudzu (Japanese arrowroot) fiber (fibre)
• 葛湯 (くずゆ) kudzu starch gruel
• 真葛 (さねかずら) scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica)
• 段葛 (だんかずら) raised path leading to a shrine
• 葡萄葛 (えびかずら) grapevine
• 野老葛 (ところずら) Dioscorea tokoro (species of wild yam)
• 真拆の葛 (まさきのかずら) Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
• 真拆葛 (まさきずら) Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)

20 words in all.

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