Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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Stroke count: 15

Meaning: plant, sow

Kunyomi: ま.く

Onyomi: バン ハン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ハシュ sowing, seeding, planting

は種床 ハシュドコ container for growing seedlings, seedbed, sowing bed

バンシュウ old name for part of Hyogo prefecture

Kunyomi Examples

蒔く まく to sow, to plant, to seed, to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict), to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)