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葱

stone leek, Welsh onion

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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

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  • 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

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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.