reeds; reed and silver grass
Literary or poetic term for reeds and similar waterside grasses, especially in classical Chinese-influenced contexts. Rare in everyday Japanese.
Descriptions of reeds and silver grass often appear in classical Chinese poetry.
蘆荻 is an elegant word that is hardly used in modern times.
Traditional kanji form using 蘆 (old form of 芦). Rare in modern writing.
Simplified kanji form. Both forms are uncommon; the word itself is literary.
Compound of 蘆 (reed) and 荻 (silver grass). The reading ろてき is the on'yomi of the characters, typical of classical Sino-Japanese vocabulary.