also: かぶら
Refers to the vegetable turnip (Brassica rapa). Commonly used in cooking and everyday contexts.
I sliced the turnip thinly and added it to the salad.
I pickled the turnip in salt.
In this area, turnips are harvested in abundance during winter.
I simmered the turnip until it was soft.
蕪 is typically counted with 個, as in かぶを一個買う (buy one turnip).
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.