raspberry (plant of genus Rubus)
Refers to raspberry plants, especially Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus. Often written in kana (キイチゴ) in practice.
I planted a raspberry bush in the garden.
In summer, you can pick lots of raspberries in the mountains.
Standard kanji spelling for raspberry plants.
Katakana spelling commonly used in botanical contexts and everyday writing.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for clarity.
Variant kanji form using 莓; less common than 木苺.
Rare ateji spelling; mainly encountered in older botanical texts.
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.