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蕎

buckwheat

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • キョウ

Kun'yomi

  • そば

Meaning

蕎 refers specifically to buckwheat, a plant whose seeds are used to make soba noodles.

Most common words using 蕎

  • 蕎麦そば
    N4

    buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

  • 蕎麦屋そばや
    N1

    soba restaurant

  • お亀蕎麦おかめそば

    soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

  • かけ蕎麦かけそば

    soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

  • ざる蕎麦ざるそば

    zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

  • ぶっかけ蕎麦ぶっかけそば

    soba with broth poured over it

  • 三十日蕎麦みそかそば

    soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

  • 二八蕎麦にはちそば

    soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

  • 更科蕎麦さらしなそば

    high quality soba

  • 月見蕎麦つきみそば

    soba with egg

  • 狸蕎麦たぬきそば

    soba with tempura batter

  • 田舎蕎麦いなかそば

    dark soba

  • 蕎麦がきそばがき

    buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball

  • 蕎麦つゆそばつゆ

    soba dipping sauce

  • 蕎麦ボーロそばボーロ

    buckwheat cookie

  • 蕎麦殻そばがら

    buckwheat chaff

  • 藪蕎麦やぶそば

    yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff

  • 鰊蕎麦にしんそば

    soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

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Etymology

蕎 combines the grass radical 艹 with the phonetic component 喬, which likely contributed the sound キョウ. The character was used in Chinese for a type of plant, and in Japanese it came to specifically denote buckwheat.

Meaning mnemonic

The grass radical 艹 sits above 喬, like tall buckwheat plants growing in a field.

Reading mnemonic

For キョウ, imagine a buckwheat field in Kyoto: Kyoto -> キョウ, and the buckwheat grows tall under the grass radical.