蓼

luxurious grass; a smartweed

14 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 2447.

Readings

• たで (kun reading): 蓼 (たで) knotweed (Polygonaceae); 蓼食う虫も好き好き (たでくうむしもすきずき) some prefer nettles
• シン (on reading)
• リク (on reading)
• リョウ (on reading): 木天蓼 (もくてんりょう) silver vine (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Components

• 艹
• 翏
• 𠆢 radical person roof
• 冫 radical ice
• 彡 radical bristles; hair
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 羽 radical feather

Words using 蓼

• 蓼 (たで) knotweed (Polygonaceae)
• 蓼食う虫も好き好き (たでくうむしもすきずき) some prefer nettles
• 紅蓼 (べにたで) water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. purpurascens)
• 蓼酢 (たでず) water pepper vinegar
• 川蓼 (かわたで) water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
• 木天蓼 (もくてんりょう) silver vine (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

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