Hanja Analyzer
薊

薊 — gye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
삽주 계
Romanization
gye
English
genus Cirsium, thistles; surname
Mandarin
jì
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, カイ, ケツ, ケ, ケチ
Japanese kun'yomi
あざみ さく とげ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Variant forms
葪
Radical
艸 (140, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+858A

Japanese words with 薊

  • 薊あざみ thistle (Cirsium spp.)
  • 野薊のあざみ Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonicum)
  • 薊馬あざみうま thrips (any insect of order Thysanoptera); thrip
  • 森薊もりあざみ Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
  • 狐薊きつねあざみ Hemisteptia lyrata
  • 姫薊ひめあざみ himeazami (Cirsium buergeri)
  • 薊芥子あざみげし Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana)
  • 富士薊ふじあざみ Fuji thistle; Cirsium purpuratum
  • 牛蒡薊ごぼうあざみ Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)
  • 朝鮮薊ちょうせんあざみ globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus)
  • 鳥海薊ちょうかいあざみ Cirsium chokaiense (species of thistle)
  • 吾妻山薊あずまやまあざみ Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum

Other hanja read “계”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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