EntryCommonWaniKani 19
  1. Noun

    wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 和布【わかめ】稚海藻【わかめ】裙蔕菜【わかめ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

Kun
わか.いわか-も.しくわも.しも.しくはごと.し
On
ジャクニャクニャ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
458 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

わくわこ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3k5.12The Kanji Dictionary
4460.4Four corner code
1977deroo
82e5Unicode hex code
1-28-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3926Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5007New Nelson (John Haig)
2241New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2785Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
223Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
692Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
982Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30796PMorohashi
886A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
544Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
896henshall3
864Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
391crowley
125Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
648Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
228Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ruo4, re3Pinyin reading
yag, yaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

linen, cloth, spread, distribute

Kun
ぬのし.くきれ
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
877 of 2500
Radical
turban
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-2-3SKIP code
3f2.1The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
1444deroo
5e03Unicode hex code
1-41-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1468Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1548New Nelson (John Haig)
2973New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3691Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1886Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2566Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
405Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
433Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
749A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
170Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
737Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8778Morohashi
778A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
675Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
706sakade
494Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
799henshall3
653Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
887Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
557Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
412Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bu4Pinyin reading
poKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level