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The Kanji Map

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2109 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: thicket, bush, underbrush, grove

Kunyomi: やぶ

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition: 艹 数

薮

Radical

Radical: 艸

Meaning: grass

Reading: くさ

艸

Examples

Onyomi Examples

藪沢 (ソウタク) wetland with abundant vegetation, place where things are gathered

Kunyomi Examples

藪 (やぶ) thicket, bush, grove, scrub, (medical) quack

ヤブ医者 (やぶいしゃ) inept doctor, bad doctor, poor doctor, quack

竹やぶ (たけやぶ) bamboo grove

草薮 (くさやぶ) thicket, bush, clump of bushes

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