Entry
  1. Noun

    Chinese water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica); ong choy; kang kong; water morning glory; water convolvulus; swamp cabbage; hung tsai; rau muong; pak boong; swamp morning-glory

    Usually written using kana alonesee 甕菜

Also written 空心菜【くうしんさい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

Kun
そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい
On
クウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
304 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

うつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-5, 2-5-3SKIP code
3m5.12The Kanji Dictionary
3010.1Four corner code
772deroo
7a7aUnicode hex code
1-22-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3317Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4192New Nelson (John Haig)
2227New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2767Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1317Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
233A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
723Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25415Morohashi
15A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
140Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65sakade
77Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
66henshall3
73Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
304crowley
461Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
1452Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1327Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kong1, kong4Pinyin reading
gongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wick

On
シン
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2202 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
2-3-4, 2-4-4SKIP code
3k4.2The Kanji Dictionary
4433.0Four corner code
82afUnicode hex code
1-31-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3905Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4976New Nelson (John Haig)
2423New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2744Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2368Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
647Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
30732XMorohashi
2084Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
xin1, xin4Pinyin reading
simKorean reading
47WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

vegetable, side dish, greens

Kun
On
サイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1327 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Used in names as

よう

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3k8.25The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
83dcUnicode hex code
1-26-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3982Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5097New Nelson (John Haig)
2305New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1486Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2004Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
734Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
793Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1108A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
870Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31184PMorohashi
483A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
931Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
958Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401sakade
246Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
509henshall3
566Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
774Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
660Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
742Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cai4Pinyin reading
chaeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level