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Kotomora

萩

bush clover

JLPTN1StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes12

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

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  • 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)

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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.