by LyricaLearn
Entry

  1. Noun

    Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)

    Usually written using kana alonesee 雌刈萱

  2. Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)

    Usually written using kana alonesee 雄刈萱

  3. thatching grass; thatching sedge

Also written 刈茅【かるかや】、刈草【かるかや】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
刈
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

reap, cut, clip, trim, prune

Kun
か.る
On
ガイカイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1738 of 2500
Radical
刀 knife
WaniKani
Level 49

Built from

刈

Used in names as

かっかり

Words starting with 刈Words ending in 刈Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2f2.1The Kanji Dictionary
4200.0Four corner code
2943deroo
5208Unicode hex code
1-20-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
666Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
452New Nelson (John Haig)
28New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
32Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
16Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
17Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1488Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1600Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1722A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
50Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1859Morohashi
1092A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1282Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1356Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1090Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1023Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1612Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
183Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1500Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
yeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level
萱
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

miscanthus reed

Kun
かやかんぞう
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2217 of 2500
Radical
艸 grass

Built from

一日宀艾

Used in names as

か

Words starting with 萱Words ending in 萱Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-4-9SKIP code
3k9.26The Kanji Dictionary
4410.6Four corner code
8431Unicode hex code
1-19-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3989Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5121New Nelson (John Haig)
2904Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2016Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1730Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31345XMorohashi
xuan1Pinyin reading
hweonKorean reading