萩
bush clover
Readings
On'yomi
- シュウ
Kun'yomi
- はぎ
Nanori
- は
Meaning
萩 refers specifically to bush clover, a plant in the pea family known for its small flowers and bushy growth.
Most common words using 萩
20 of 27- 萩はぎ
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza)
- 萩原はぎはら
reedy field
- お萩おはぎ
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
- 丸葉萩まるばはぎ
leafy lespedeza (Lespedeza cyrtobotrya)
- 仙台萩せんだいはぎ
Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)
- 先代萩せんだいはぎ
Sendaihagi
- 南天萩なんてんはぎ
two-leaf vetch (Vicia unijuga)
- 夏萩なつはぎ
bush clover blossoming in the summer (esp. Lespedeza thunbergii)
- 姫萩ひめはぎ
dwarf milkwort (Polygala japonica)
- 宮城野萩みやぎのはぎ
Thunberg's lespedeza (Lespedeza thunbergii)
- 山萩やまはぎ
shrubby lespedeza (Lespedeza bicolor)
- 木萩きはぎ
Lespedeza buergeri (species of bush clover)
- 沼萩ぬまはぎ
Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
- 犬萩いぬはぎ
woolly lespedeza (Lespedeza tomentosa) (species of flower)
- 白萩しらはぎ
white bush clover
- 禊萩みそはぎ
Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife)
- 秋萩あきはぎ
bush clover (that blossoms in the autumn)
- 秋萩帖あきはぎじょう
Akihagijō (10C poem by Ono Michikaze, regarded as the first hiragana text)
- 舞萩まいはぎ
telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius); semaphore plant; dancing plant
- 萩の乱はぎのらん
Hagi Rebellion (1876)
Study
Etymology
萩 combines the plant radical 艹 with 秋 (autumn), likely indicating a plant associated with autumn. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The grass top 艹 sits above 秋 (autumn), so picture a bushy clover plant blooming in autumn fields.
Reading mnemonic
For シュウ, imagine a shoe stepping on a bush clover: shoe -> シュウ, and the clover springs back up.