Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: hollyhock

Kunyomi: あおい

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キカ sunflower

ジュウキ hollyhock

黄蜀 トロロアオイ sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot)

Kunyomi Examples

あおい mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae), Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger), hollyhock

アオイ科 アオイか Malvaceae (family of mallows)

布袋 ほていあおい Eichornia crassipes, water hyacinth

天竺 てんじくあおい geranium