薇
an edible fern
16 strokes.
Readings
- ラ (on reading): 薔薇 (ばら) rose; 黄薔薇 (きばら) yellow rose
- ぜんまい (kun reading): 薇 (ぜんまい) Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica)
- ビ (on reading): 冬薔薇 (ふゆそうび) winter rose
- Read as a whole word: 薔薇戦争 (ばらせんそう) War of the Roses (1455-1485); 薔薇族 (ばらぞく) Barazoku (gay men's magazine; 1971-2011); 薔薇十字団 (ばらじゅうじだん) Rosicrucian
Components
- 艹
- 微
- 乞 radical beg
- 几 radical table
- 山 radical mountain
- 彳 radical step, left-side form of 行
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
Words using 薇
- 薔薇 (ばら) rose
- 黄薔薇 (きばら) yellow rose
- 薔薇戦争 (ばらせんそう) War of the Roses (1455-1485)
- 薔薇族 (ばらぞく) Barazoku (gay men's magazine; 1971-2011)
- 薔薇十字団 (ばらじゅうじだん) Rosicrucian
- 薔薇の名前 (ばらのなまえ) The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco)
- 綺麗な薔薇には棘がある (きれいなばらにはとげがある) there is no rose without a thorn
- 薇 (ぜんまい) Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica)
- 冬薔薇 (ふゆそうび) winter rose
11 words in all.