麻

hemp; numb; flax

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1142.

Readings

• マ (on reading): 麻雀 (マージャン) mahjong; 麻薬 (まやく) narcotic
• あさ (kun reading): 麻 (あさ) cannabis (Cannabis sativa); 麻袋 (あさぶくろ) jute bag
• マア (on reading)
• Read as a whole word: 青麻 (あおそ) ramie fibre (fiber); 切麻 (きりぬさ) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)

Components

• 广
• 林
• 广 radical house on a cliff
• 木 radical tree
• 麻 radical hemp

Kanji containing 麻

• 摩 chafe
• 魔 witch
• 磨 grind
• 嘛 wheat
• 麼 rope
• 麾 beckon to
• 糜 be inflamed
• 縻 rope
• 麿 I
• 靡 flutter

Words using 麻

• 麻雀 (マージャン) mahjong
• 麻薬 (まやく) narcotic
• 麻婆 (マーボー) mapo (style of dish)
• 麻痺 (まひ) paralysis
• 麻酔 (ますい) anaesthesia
• 麻 (あさ) cannabis (Cannabis sativa)
• 麻袋 (あさぶくろ) jute bag
• 麻糸 (あさいと) hemp yarn
• 麻の葉 (あさのは) family crest shaped as a hemp leaf
• 麻織物 (あさおりもの) hemp fabric
• 青麻 (あおそ) ramie fibre (fiber)
• 切麻 (きりぬさ) thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
• 麻生派 (あそうは) Aso faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party)
• 麻布大学 (あざぶだいがく) Azabu University
• 麻幹 (おがら) hemp reed
• 麻実 (おのみ) hemp seed

173 words in all.

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