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蓬 means 'mugwort'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2803   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-8    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 14 words   Used in 28 words   Used in 106 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   よもぎ Japanese mugwort
Additional readings
On    ホウ   ブ
Kun    よもぎ sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort
Components
艹 (艸) grass  逢 meet  
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蓬 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 蓬 is used 27 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
1. Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; enchanted land of perpetual youth from Chinese mythology
2. sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.)  (see also: 三蓬莱)
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よもぎ : 15 words FIND ALL
expression
if even the most crooked person is surrounded by good people, he will straighten up as does mugwort growing in a hemp field
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An additional ホウ less common words include 蓬 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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蓬
ホウ   mugwort   よもぎ Japanese mugwort   
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艹
grass   
逢
あう to meet (esp. close friends)   
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夆
resist   
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夂
go
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丰
ladder
辶
move
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