EntryCommonWaniKani 55
  1. Noun

    wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

    Usually written using kana alone

    このすしはわさびがよく効いている。
    This sushi is seasoned with plenty of horse-radish.
  2. horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

    Usually written using kana aloneColloquialsee ホースラディッシュsee 西洋わさび

Also written 和佐比【わさび】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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mountain

Kun
やま
On
サンセン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
131 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

やのやん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-1, 4-3-2SKIP code
3o0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2277.0Four corner code
1276deroo
5c71Unicode hex code
1-27-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1439New Nelson (John Haig)
2940New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3658Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
768Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
89Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
21Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7869Morohashi
24A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
34Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38sakade
48Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
58henshall3
17Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
148crowley
100Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.11busy_people
535Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan1Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
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hollyhock

Kun
あおい
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2122 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 53

Built from

Used in names as

まもる

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
2-3-9SKIP code
3k9.17The Kanji Dictionary
4443.0Four corner code
8475Unicode hex code
1-16-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3990Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5120New Nelson (John Haig)
2317New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2906Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2018Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2391Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2472Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1723Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31458XMorohashi
2222Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
kui2Pinyin reading
gyuKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
53WaniKani level