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艾 means 'mugwort'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 3217   Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 9 words   Used in 7 names   Not used as a component
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
Kun
   もぐさ mugwort
Additional readings
On    カイ   ゲイ
Kun    よもぎ   おさめる   かる
Notes
mugwort is used for moxibustion
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  乂 crossed swords  
See also
灸 moxibustion  
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Most useful words
よ も ぎ 0
noun
1. Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii)
2. general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood
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も ぐ さ 0
noun
1. moxa
2. Japanese mugwort  (see also: 蓬)
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noun
1. Artemisia montana  (often written with kana only)
2. Japanese mugwort  (see also: 蓬; often written with kana only)
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に が よ も ぎ 3
noun
wormwood (Artemisia absinthium); absinthium; absinthe wormwood; absinthe
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noun
Japanese mugwort  (see also: 蓬; often written with kana only)
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艾
もぐさ mugwort   
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艹
grass   
乂
crossed swords
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