むかご

• ムカゴトラノオ

  alpine bistort; Bistorta vivipara

• むかごUsage30%
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

  Usually written in kana. The kanji form 零余子 is rare and may not be widely recognized.

• ムカゴUsage53%
  kana-only spelling

  Katakana spelling, sometimes used in botanical or culinary contexts.

• 零余子Usage10%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • むかご

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

    Rare kanji spelling; the reading is a jukujikun (special kanji reading).

  • ぬかご

    gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  • れいよし

    rarely-used kana form
• ぬかごUsage8%
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

  Alternate reading variant, also a jukujikun.

• れいよし
  rarely-used kana form

The origin is uncertain. The word is native Japanese, and the kanji 零余子 is a jukujikun (meaning-based reading) rather than a phonetic representation.