Copyright © 2026 Kotomora. All Rights Reserved.
木苺 (きいちご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
noun
raspberry (plant of genus Rubus)
usually written using kana alone
Refers to raspberry plants, especially Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus. Often written in kana (キイチゴ) in practice.
Written forms 木き 苺いちご Usage 30%
Standard kanji spelling for raspberry plants.
キイチゴ Usage 43%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling commonly used in botanical contexts and everyday writing.
木き いちご Usage 27%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for clarity.
と
れる
。
In summer, you can pick lots of raspberries in the mountains.
木き
莓いちご
Variant kanji form using 莓; less common than 木苺.
懸鉤子きいちご
Rare ateji spelling; mainly encountered in older botanical texts.
Kanji 懸 state of suspension, hang, depend 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM Similar words ラズベリー Common loanword for the fruit itself, while 木苺 emphasizes the plant.
苺いちご General term for strawberry; 木苺 specifically refers to raspberries (bramble fruits).
Etymology Compound of 木 (ki, 'tree') + 苺 (ichigo, 'strawberry'), literally 'tree strawberry', referring to the bush-like growth habit of raspberries compared to ground-growing strawberries.
