EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

    to sow; to plant; to seed

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)

    Usually written using kana alonesee 種をまく

  3. to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

    Usually written using kana alonesee 蒔絵

Also written 播く【まく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sow (seeds)

Kun
う.えるま.く
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2368 of 2500
Radical
grass

Built from

Used in names as

まいまかまき

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-3-10SKIP code
3k10.7The Kanji Dictionary
4464.1Four corner code
8494Unicode hex code
1-28-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4018Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5153New Nelson (John Haig)
2935Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1507Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2042Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2395Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2476Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1985Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
31546XMorohashi
2224Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
shi4, shi2Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)