also: かぶら
noun
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.
この辺りでは、冬にかぶがよくとれる。
In this area, turnips are harvested in abundance during winter.
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.
大根 is a daikon radish, which is long and white, while かぶ is a round, smaller turnip.
The word is native Japanese. The kanji 蕪 is a phono-semantic compound, but the exact historical derivation of the reading is uncertain.