softstem bulrush; Scirpus tabernaemontani
A plant species; the name is usually written in katakana as フトイ.
池のそばにフトイが生えている。
Softstem bulrushes are growing by the pond.
Katakana spelling is common for this plant name; usually written in kana.
Alternate kanji spelling; very rare.
Kanji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.
From 太い藺, literally “thick rush,” with contraction of the adjacent vowels to produce ふとい.