also: かぶら
Refers to the vegetable turnip (Brassica rapa). Commonly used in cooking and everyday contexts.
かぶを薄く切ってサラダに入れた。
I sliced the turnip thinly and added it to the salad.
この辺
I pickled the turnip in salt.
In this area, turnips are harvested in abundance during winter.
かぶを柔らかくなるまで煮た。
I simmered the turnip until it was soft.
株 (かぶ) means stock/stump/reputation, while 蕪 (かぶ) is an unrelated word meaning turnip; they are pronounced identically but written and mean entirely differently.
蕪 is typically counted with 個, as in かぶを一個買う (buy one turnip).
turnip miso soup
turnip (Brassica rapa)
narezushi of amberjack and turnip (Kanazawa specialty)
steamed fish with grated turnip on top · hollowed-out turnip stuffed with chicken, shrimp, gingko nuts, etc.
rutabaga; Swedish turnip; swede
Usually written in kana; the kanji 蕪 is also used but less common.
Katakana spelling, often used in botanical or culinary contexts.
Kanji form; recognized but less frequent than kana.
Alternate reading; less common than かぶ.
Katakana spelling of the rare reading かぶら.
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
The word is native Japanese. The kanji 蕪 is a phono-semantic compound, but the exact historical derivation of the reading is uncertain.