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葵 means 'hollyhock'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 2475   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-5    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 37 words   Used in 349 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   あおい hollyhock
Additional readings
On    キ
Name    まもる   け
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  癸 10th  
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葵 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 葵 is used 18 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
sunflower  (obscure term)
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あおい : 15 words FIND ALL
Most common form: あおい
noun
1. mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae)  (see also: 銭葵, 冬葵; often written with kana only)
2. Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)  (see also: 二葉葵)
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An additional あおい less common words include 葵 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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葵
あおい hollyhock   
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癸
キ    #10, 10th   
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癶
hairy legs
天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
艹
grass   
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