蕨
bracken; fernbrake
15 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2307.
Readings
- わらび (kun reading): 蕨手刀 (わらびてとう) type of iron sword with curved pommel (Nara period); 早蕨 (さわらび) freshly budded bracken
- ケツ (on reading)
Components
- 艹
- 厥
- 厂 radical cliff
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 屮 radical sprout
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 欠 radical lack; yawn