Kanji

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: reed, rush

Kunyomi: あし よし

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ロカイ aloe

盧溝橋 ロコウキョウ Marco Polo Bridge (China)

コロ calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

Kunyomi Examples

あし common reed (Phragmites australis)

芦毛 あしげ dapple-grey (gray) (horse coat colour)

青葦 あおあし lush waterside reeds

枯葦 かれあし withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)

あし common reed (Phragmites australis)

葦笛 あしぶえ reed pipe, reed flute