蒲
bullrush; flag; cattail
13 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1887.
Readings
- フ (on reading): 菖蒲 (しょうぶ) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); 花菖蒲 (はなしょうぶ) Japanese iris
- かば (kun reading): 蒲焼 (かばやき) kabayaki; 蒲 (かば) common cattail (Typha latifolia)
- ホ (on reading): 蒲柳 (ほりゅう) purple willow; 蒲柳の質 (ほりゅうのしつ) delicate health
- ボ (on reading)
- ブ (on reading)
- がま (kun reading): 小蒲 (こがま) Typha orientalis
- かま (kun reading): 筋蒲鉾 (すじかまぼこ) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- Read as a whole word: いずれ菖蒲か杜若 (いずれあやめかかきつばた) (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; 六日の菖蒲 (むいかのあやめ) something that comes too late to be useful
Components
- 艹
- 浦
- 丶 radical dot
- 十 radical ten
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 用 radical use
Words using 蒲
- 菖蒲 (しょうぶ) sweet flag (Acorus calamus)
- 花菖蒲 (はなしょうぶ) Japanese iris
- 菖蒲湯 (しょうぶゆ) bathwater with iris leaves
- 黄菖蒲 (きしょうぶ) yellow iris
- 匂い菖蒲 (においしょうぶ) fragrant iris
- 蒲焼 (かばやき) kabayaki
- 蒲 (かば) common cattail (Typha latifolia)
- 蒲柳 (ほりゅう) purple willow
- 蒲柳の質 (ほりゅうのしつ) delicate health
- 蒲薦 (ほせん) bulrush mat
- 蒲牢 (ほろう) Pulao (Chinese dragon)
- 蒲黄 (ほおう) cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 小蒲 (こがま) Typha orientalis
- 筋蒲鉾 (すじかまぼこ) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- いずれ菖蒲か杜若 (いずれあやめかかきつばた) (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other
- 六日の菖蒲 (むいかのあやめ) something that comes too late to be useful
24 words in all.