薤

scallion; shallot

16 strokes.

Readings

• カイ (on reading): 薤露 (かいろ) ephemeral nature of the human world
• らっきょう (kun reading)
• にら (kun reading)

Components

• 艹
• 歹
• 韭
• ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
• 歹 radical death; bare bone
• 韭 radical leek

Words using 薤

• 薤露 (かいろ) ephemeral nature of the human world
• 薤白 (がいはく) dried Chinese onion bulb (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

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