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蕨 means 'bracken'

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Strokes : 15    Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-12    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 10 words   Used in 65 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   わらび bracken
On    ケツ
(-) exists as rare kanji
⿱   () grass  ⿸   cliff  ⿰   grass sprout   lack  
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蕨 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 蕨 is used 9 times, read 1 way.
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noun
water sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides); Indian fern; water fern; oriental waterfern; water hornfern  (often written with kana only)
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An additional わらび less common words include 蕨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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わらび bracken   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
grass sprout
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grass   
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
cliff
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