Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: catalpa tree, woodblock printing

Kunyomi: あずさ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

アズサ Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium

シキュウ Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)

ジョウシ wood-block printing, publication

Kunyomi Examples

あずさ Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium

巫女 あずさみこ female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow