葱
stone leek, Welsh onion
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- ねぎ
Meaning
葱 refers to a specific type of onion: the stone leek or Welsh onion, a long green onion used in cooking.
Most common words using 葱
20 of 24- 葱ねぎN1
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
- 浅葱あさぎ
pale blue-green
- 浅葱あさつき
chive (Allium schoenoprasum); chives
- アイヌ葱アイヌねぎ
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
- ポロ葱ポロねぎ
leek (Allium porrum)
- 冬葱ふゆき
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion
- 分葱わけぎ
tree onion (Allium x proliferum)
- 小水葱こなぎ
heartshape false pickerelweed (Monochoria vaginalis)
- 水浅葱みずあさぎ
light light blue; pale blue
- 水葱なぎ
Monochoria korsakowii (species of flowering plant)
- 浅葱斑あさぎまだら
chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
- 浅葱色あさぎいろ
pale blue-green
- 浅葱裏あさぎうら
blue-green lining; kimono with blue-green lining
- 海葱かいそう
white squill (Urginea maritima); sea onion
- 葱トロねぎトロ
tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)
- 葱パイねぎパイ
green onion pancake
- 葱坊主ねぎぼうず
onion flower head
- 葱油ねぎあぶら
scallion oil
- 葱油餅ツォンユーピン
scallion pancake; green onion cake
- 葱間ねぎま
chicken and scallion skewer
Study
Etymology
葱 combines the grass radical 艹 with 怱, which likely contributes the sound. The character is used for a type of onion, but the exact historical development of the components is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The grass radical 艹 sits above a shape that looks like a hurried heart 怱. Imagine a bunch of green onions growing so fast they look hurried—those are Welsh onions.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, picture a long green onion being sown like a seed: sow -> ソウ, and the onion grows quickly under the grass.